1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,280 Hi, this is Sharda Agra. Hello, this is Mohammad Assam. 2 00:00:03,280 --> 00:00:06,320 Hi, this is Pradeep Magazine. This is Bharam Kazi. 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:36,120 Welcome to the PCCI podcast. RCB breezes through the WPL to 4 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:38,560 win it like a boss. Take a bow. 5 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:43,240 Smriti Mandhana, Grace Harris, Lauren Bell, Nadine Leclerc, 6 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,320 Shyanka Patil and Richard Ghosh. Oh wait, almost forgot Vol. 7 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,520 Kind of like they did. Are they through the tournament? 8 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:54,120 This is the first time I've seen a team just effortlessly run 9 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,720 through the group stage without playing their best to talk about 10 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:02,200 this and all the other teams. But let's, let's face it, mostly 11 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,760 about RCB. I have a great panel of writers, 12 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:07,880 qualcasters and journalists with me. 13 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,520 Let's start with introductions. So tell us about yourself and 14 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,920 your favorite sports team. And it doesn't have to be from 15 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,720 the WPL. So I'm going to start with 16 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:24,240 Youtha Rutra and then we'll go. We'll go in around drop in. 17 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,760 Yeah, sure. Thanks for having me, Richard. 18 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,520 My favorite sports team. I think it has to be RCB, right? 19 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,600 I think India has become too big. 20 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,120 It's hard to support the overdog after years of watching Sachin 21 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:38,600 struggle. And that's what I grew up with, 22 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,080 Sachin struggling and us having this great batting order and 23 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,120 going to Australia and still getting thrashed every possible 24 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,920 opportunity. And so it's just hard to support 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,320 a team that rashes everyone else. 26 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:51,680 So they're going to be happy when they win in about a month's 27 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,120 time. But I think RCB has to be the 28 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,640 team for me in cricket right now, though somehow they seem to 29 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,520 also be becoming an overdog. 3 titles in three years. 30 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,920 I'm not sure what to do with that. 31 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,640 But for now I'm going to keep telling everyone RCB had no 32 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:07,800 chance of winning this year, even if they did actually win. 33 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:09,560 And I'm going to live in this underdog. 34 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,760 Underdog do. How about, how about you, Neha? 35 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,440 Do you want to come in next? Yeah, I mean, First things 36 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,320 first, really been a fan of your podcast, Andrew. 37 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:20,680 Feels like a life coming to a full circle moment that I can, 38 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,640 you know, actually come over here and talk all things cricket 39 00:02:23,640 --> 00:02:26,040 itself, right? I think to talk about the team 40 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,760 that I've absolutely loved has to be again, our city. 41 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,800 No surprises there. Lived all my life in Bengaluru 42 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,880 here. So, you know, grew up just like 43 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:35,320 really looking up to the men's team. 44 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:38,480 And in 2023, I think my life really took like a 360, right? 45 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,880 The women's team came into the comp and we had WPL start of 46 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:45,160 itself, right? So ever since then, you know, I 47 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,760 just haven't been able to look at any other team and RCB has to 48 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,320 be that one. Just the fact that they were 49 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,920 able to assemble such a great team in 2023, eventually the 50 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,080 result didn't come their way, but the way they still, you 51 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:00,280 know, came back in 2024, won the title and now being able to do 52 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,560 in 2026, yeah, literally just got goosebumps telling that like 53 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,600 two time champions. This is not something, you know, 54 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:08,560 as RCV fans, we are that used to, but the women's team is just 55 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:11,000 making a habit out of it. So we are just excited to look 56 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,600 forward, just excited to discuss like RC VS Win itself and just 57 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,000 like actually review this WPL. All right. 58 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:22,760 Next up is Pratib. Pratib, why don't you introduce 59 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,840 yourself and tell us that your favorite team is RCV? 60 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,200 So I'm not all I've saved all my life in Bangalore. 61 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,640 RCB is not the team I support. And this is where I think I can 62 00:03:34,640 --> 00:03:37,080 see Tarutra and they have already hating on me. 63 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,200 But I've been a Rajasthan Royal supporter for the longest time. 64 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,440 So I'm also from Rajasthan, which is why I support the 65 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,640 franchise. And it also helped that they won 66 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,320 the IPL in 2008. So yeah, I think mostly that's 67 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:51,920 the reason. And growing up, they've also 68 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:56,440 sort of got the right kind of players like Rahul Dravid or the 69 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,680 likes of Shane Warne. So really I that I kind of 70 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,920 watched right from young age. So yeah, that's the reason I 71 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,640 support the Rajasthan Royals, although they've only won the 72 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:06,680 one IPL title. Wow. 73 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,280 Did I hear I Rajasthan Royals? That's awesome. 74 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,600 All right, so coming back to you, Shan. 75 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,880 Yeah, I think first of all, thank you so much for having me 76 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,760 on this podcast. It's a pleasure that I'm able to 77 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:24,960 interact with so many of you guys who are all interested in 78 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:27,840 women's cricket in particular, but are also like proper sports 79 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:30,640 fans, cricket fans and all that. So I think for me, it's 80 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,360 interesting. I mean, I grew up loving Delhi 81 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:35,880 Capitals. Del Vinit was the Delhi 82 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,560 Daredevils, and that was mainly when I was talking about this in 83 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,440 the group, right? I grew up a Sehwag fan and I was 84 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,840 really in love with the Indian men's team as well at that 85 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:47,720 point. So I would say in the Indian 86 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,640 men's team obviously has been one of the teams that I've 87 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,840 supported almost all my life. Even now, I mean, I still have 88 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:54,680 like they're still my favorite team, I think. 89 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,720 But you know, now that with all all the players of my favorite 90 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,960 generation of my generation, you know, the likes of Kohli and 91 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,840 Rohit and all slowly retiring and going into the sunset 92 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,960 Ashwin. So I don't feel like I have the 93 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,000 same level of attachment any more than you A lot. 94 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,120 Not to say that I don't like watching them play. 95 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,000 I mean, the T20 team is a juggernaut, right? 96 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,800 But yeah, if but even within the Indian men's team, I would say I 97 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:19,080 love the Indian men's Test team in particular because the way 98 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,960 the brand of cricket that they played, I think that really 99 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:23,720 caught my eye. And so they are definitely up 100 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,000 there. But RCB, of course, I mean, I 101 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,760 fell in love with them. I went from Delhi to RCB around 102 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,760 2013, 2014 ish. And since then, it's been like a 103 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:35,520 proper roller coaster ride. No, I don't know. 104 00:05:35,600 --> 00:05:38,520 I mean, we were just part of all jokes for the longest time. 105 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,160 Everybody used to make fun of us that we are a bad team and we 106 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:43,480 can't win anything and all of that. 107 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,800 But now, 33 trophies in three years, it's unbelievable stuff 108 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,400 honestly. I think until the last few years 109 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:54,160 my only question to RCB fans was where are the bowlers? 110 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,160 Where? Where are they exactly like? 111 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:04,960 OK, so we'll we go back to the RCB fan again. 112 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:09,040 So I'm going to ask you, what was the biggest surprise about 113 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:13,120 RCB for you in this season? This season, everything. 114 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:18,360 So I actually put out a piece today morning in my newsletter 115 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,800 just going on about this RCB team makes no sense. 116 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:24,920 They have one batter that constantly plays like they have 117 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:28,200 one batter in the top 1012 round like for the entire season. 118 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,240 It's just Andre at the top and no RCB players. 119 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,440 They have one bowler who can bowl well. 120 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:36,480 She bowls extremely well. But there's just the one who can 121 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,960 do 4 overs. They don't have a middle order. 122 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:42,760 They had four recognized like specialist batters in the final. 123 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:49,200 Two of them got out for 15 runs. They their captain is good at 124 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,440 man management. Not the best on field tactician. 125 00:06:52,520 --> 00:06:56,000 I've no idea how they won like we all predicted them to lose 126 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,080 then be bottom of the table at the start of the season. 127 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:00,480 I'm still not entirely sure we were on. 128 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,840 I have no idea how we want. I have no idea how they made 203 129 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,200 runs look like a stroll in the park. 130 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:10,080 They I think the one thing none of us really thought about was 131 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,200 how much the the one thing Manana brings. 132 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,040 She's so cool under any kind of pressure, which I think seems to 133 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:19,680 be but I don't know how they want. 134 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:20,920 This doesn't make any sense to me. 135 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:23,520 I don't actually have a proper answer for you because you look 136 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,120 at the teams. MI should be the winners, DC 137 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,680 should be the winners, RCB should not be in this league. 138 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,000 RCB should not be in this league. 139 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,880 Yeah, I mean, let's start off with let's start off with the 140 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,160 bowling. So you're talking about I'm 141 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,160 assuming you're talking about Lauren Bell, who was just 142 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:48,160 fantastic this season. So I'll I'll open the floor to 143 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,840 the others. So Neha Pradeep Shan, please 144 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,920 come in and talk about what was what was so special about RCB 145 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:57,520 this season and why do you think they won? 146 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,120 I mean, honestly, the win just happened, you know, like last 147 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:02,760 night, you know, at the time of recording. 148 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:04,480 So it's still, you know, like they're processing the emotions 149 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:07,240 that this win has happened because I mean, pulling off like 150 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,120 possibly the highest run chase right now. 151 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,120 WPL finalists again, like how Tartha said, they just made made 152 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:16,360 it seem like a walk in the park, right, the way the win just went 153 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:17,480 about. But there's a lot of positives, 154 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:18,880 you know, through the season itself that has helped. 155 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:21,320 I think one thing was the fact that they had a different match 156 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:23,560 winner almost every single game, right, Especially in the league 157 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,080 phase itself, just getting off to those back-to-back wins. 158 00:08:27,080 --> 00:08:28,720 It was just feeling like a fever dream, right? 159 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:30,440 At some point we would just snap out of it and be like, yeah, 160 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:33,039 this is not happening at I think at some point my podcast to I 161 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:35,159 mentioned like, that's probably just like screenshot this table 162 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:37,720 and like stop the league, like just declare RCBS winners. 163 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,120 Was it like, you know, sometime it could possibly just come to 164 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,000 an end and actually did have that reality check in between 165 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,800 now and the tournament too. But again, just coming to the 166 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,080 positives in this tournament itself, I think it's impossible 167 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,560 not to talk about Lauren Belle, right? 168 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,200 I think it's been spoken to death about how the RCB social 169 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,760 media team has just been making so many AI edits of her, you 170 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,920 know, just walking through forests and like walking through 171 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,360 desserts and just ensuring, you know, it just ends up as 172 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:04,360 forests. But jokes apart, I think the way 173 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:06,400 she's been bowling this season, right? 174 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,360 The Lauren Belle 2.0 version that everyone keeps talking 175 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:17,560 about has done that for for as well with those wickets. 176 00:09:17,560 --> 00:09:20,040 Again, the wickets column might not necessarily reflect that, 177 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:21,920 but the way she's just been so economical. 178 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,920 A lot of people take dot balls for granted in T 20s and she's 179 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:29,040 just made, you know, dot balls so cool, right, With the 180 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,920 variations that she's brought in her repertoire as well. 181 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:34,000 I think for me, she has to be like right up there with the 182 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:35,360 positives. If you let me, I'll just keep 183 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:36,480 talking about a lot of other points. 184 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,560 I think the other panellists can probably add on, but she 185 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:40,160 definitely has to be like right up there. 186 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,520 I think I agree with Neha because one of my first thoughts 187 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,160 also, and one of the earlier pieces that I had written was 188 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:49,120 along these very lines where at least in the group stage, at 189 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:51,840 least in like the first four or five games, every game threw up 190 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:53,680 a different star. You either had Nadine de Klerk, 191 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:56,000 you had Priyanka Patil, you had Smriti Mandhana. 192 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,720 So all of these players come in clutch. 193 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,200 But more importantly, I think something that was discussed 194 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,800 preseason as well is that in the absence of Alice Perry, who's 195 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,640 going to step up? And I feel like Smiti Mandhana 196 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,840 there has played a really good role because for the longest 197 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,760 time and something that we've also kind of seen her do over 198 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:19,200 the years in T 20s, at least when it comes to the WPL, 2024 199 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,640 was a good season for her, but we feel like she's not reached 200 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,640 her potential in this format and this time for sure, I think that 201 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:31,000 was a big difference. One of the things is her game 202 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,720 again, spin improved. I think one of the factors was 203 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,160 how she plays off spin. All of that is something that 204 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,760 came a full circle for her. I think she's gotten much better 205 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,920 there. But even in the power play for 206 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,160 her, I think one of the biggest differences we saw is that 207 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:49,560 despite her power play strike rate having dropped a bit, what 208 00:10:49,560 --> 00:10:52,280 helped was that Grace Harris was on top who was able to take 209 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,640 charge and take the attack, which let Mandana settle in and 210 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:58,360 then take her own explosive way in the middle overs. 211 00:10:58,560 --> 00:11:01,360 This was one of the biggest differences I I'll have to 212 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,080 search for the numbers, but Mandana has gotten so much 213 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,240 better in just holding her wicket in the power play period 214 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:09,560 so that she can expand in the middle of us. 215 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,480 Yeah, go ahead. Yeah, I think I have to 216 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,760 completely agree with what Pratib and Neh have to say, 217 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,200 right? I mean, Lauren Bell, Nadine 218 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,360 Leclerc and Priti Mandhana, I believe these three are the 219 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:23,240 players that have perhaps been the most pivotal to RC BS 220 00:11:23,240 --> 00:11:25,560 campaign this year. And obviously all of us at the 221 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:29,320 start of the season, I was very, very pessimistic about RCBII had 222 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:31,600 no idea how they're going to fill the at least very void 223 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,600 because the level of impact that she had over the last three 224 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,640 seasons, it really seemed impossible. 225 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,240 But just the fact that so many different match winners came up, 226 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:41,120 I mean, rather had won them a game with the back. 227 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,080 Who would have ever thought that We were all like, we, we just 228 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:48,440 had no idea why they were playing rather than at #5 But 229 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,800 ultimately she won them a game and that was also a difficult 230 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,960 situation, right? It's not like they won out of, 231 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:54,640 you know, they were not cruising through it. 232 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,160 And there have been those sorts of games where they just, you 233 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,640 know, cruise there that they were in a bit of a like, you 234 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,080 know, tricky situation, but they were able to come back up and, 235 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,080 you know, show that they are a good team and they can deal with 236 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,560 these adversities as well, right, Even in the final, to an 237 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:12,000 extent. I mean, as, as envy points out 238 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,440 that truly it was rather had of a finish of the game, right. 239 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:18,360 And honestly, the winning moment was very weird for me because I 240 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,960 couldn't really tell if it's a four or not because of the whole 241 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,880 hit wicket thing. I I was like, is it a hit 242 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:25,000 wicket? Wait, wait, wait. 243 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,640 And my dad was like, no, no, no, they they won, they won. 244 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:30,760 That was a bit, you know, that was funny to watch. 245 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,240 But of course, I mean Lauren Bell's impact right at the 246 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,320 start. And I think Sally Sadhgiri also 247 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,800 played a very important role in supporting her at the start, 248 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:40,000 because initially they were going with Lindsey Smith. 249 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:42,880 And I think perhaps that didn't work out the best for them, But 250 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,640 just the fact that in every single phase you can say that 251 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:49,720 RCB had a match winner from start to end with both bat and 252 00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:51,040 ball. So I mean, that is a pretty 253 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:52,600 special thing for a team to be able to do. 254 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:56,440 Yeah, yeah. I cannot believe Radha Yadav, 255 00:12:56,760 --> 00:13:02,040 who won them, who won them came Like, I, I'm sorry, but this is, 256 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:06,680 this is the stuff that that's of legends like rather Yadav has no 257 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:09,440 business coming in at #5 Guys, come on. 258 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:13,440 Like my brain, they broke my brain when they did that the 259 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,840 first time. And even if you remember that 260 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,480 innings initially, I think she was like 3 of 10 or something 261 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,480 and we were all in the group probably just being like, what 262 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:24,400 is happening. But then she flicks the switch. 263 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:25,680 I think she hits a six and a four. 264 00:13:25,680 --> 00:13:27,160 I can't remember who the bowler was. 265 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,840 Can someone point that out? But I think it was like the 7th 266 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:32,160 or the 8th over. And then she really, you know, 267 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,320 played a proper innings. And Richard Ghosh at the other 268 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,000 end, she was incredible. And I think one another theme 269 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,520 that I've been noticing with RCB is that they have minimized dot 270 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,360 balls to quite an extent. And even when they have, you 271 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,520 know, that game against Mumbai where Richard Ghosh played a 272 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,040 Brill innings in a losing cause that was the game where RCV of 273 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:49,360 the past. I mean, especially the men's 274 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,280 teams and all, they would have just collapsed there. 275 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,560 I mean, 35 for five, likely there would have been less than 276 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:58,000 49 or maybe even, you know, 60-70 all out, game over. 277 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,640 But the fact that Richard goes played it smart, right? 278 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:03,120 She didn't go for the win. It made no sense to go for them 279 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:05,880 when you had to preserve the net run rate, and she did that so, 280 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:07,840 so smartly. I mean, I couldn't catch that 281 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:09,560 game live because I was busy with something else. 282 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:12,320 But when I saw the whole game ball by ball later on, I was so 283 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:14,880 impressed with the level of game smarts that she had. 284 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,120 That's fair. You you want to come back and. 285 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,400 Yeah, no, I think these guys have covered a lot of it, right? 286 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,320 You've covered it too. Rather, Yadav is not my favorite 287 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:27,440 player. I mean, I got nothing against 288 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:31,160 her personally, but to have her at #5 to have her as your four 289 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,240 choice bowler is a lot of faith, which I just don't have in her. 290 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,200 But yeah, I mean, she worked out, she scored the winning 291 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,240 runs. She had that 160 run innings 292 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,160 that won us a match. It, it is true. 293 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,280 I, I, I kind of wish the season was longer because I want to see 294 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,840 if this is a luck based thing or if it's actually replicable that 295 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,160 every game someone else just stands up because it's not been, 296 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,320 Oh, I'll come in and give you a six on 10 performance. 297 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:56,760 It's I'll come in and give you 10 on 10. 298 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:58,520 I'll give you one on 10. Those are the two options. 299 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,000 There is no, oh, I'm just consistent. 300 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:06,200 So it's a really interesting team and as far as I can tell, 301 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,840 it's one of the few cricket teams where the power of a star 302 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:11,960 is more important than the power of team construction. 303 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,120 Where Mandra and Bella have been brilliant and just whoever has 304 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,040 shown up on the day has been good enough. 305 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:20,560 You've not needed like this. Oh, you know, we need to own 306 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,560 this phase and need to own that. Like yesterday, RC VS bowling 307 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:27,640 was worse. They worst at MI's bowling. 308 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,400 MI's batting was great. Like they did a really good job. 309 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,080 None of it mattered. Voltage showed up and demolished 310 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,600 everyone and then Mandra went OK, cool, I've given you 6 overs 311 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,680 now I'm going to demolish everyone and it just didn't 312 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,080 matter at all. It was incredible, Yeah. 313 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:43,560 There was a calmness about it. And I think one of the 314 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:46,200 interesting things I heard Smitty Mandana say at the end, 315 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,800 was it her or I think I read this on Cricinfo, that she said 316 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:53,840 that after the auction, we all got phone calls from the 317 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,040 management telling them that, OK, this is your role. 318 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,280 This is what you need to prepare for for this franchise. 319 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:04,400 And I think just that level of role clarity is really 320 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,480 important, especially in the 20s. 321 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,480 Like, OK, in this situation you will do this. 322 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,160 If that doesn't happen, you know, continue to do this, 323 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,760 etcetera. So just talking about what you 324 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:17,680 know about their management and the cricket management this 325 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,360 season, does anyone want to talk about that? 326 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:25,040 What's the general sentiment on Malulu and the coach is what 327 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,240 I'll open to the folks? Yeah, I don't know. 328 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:32,280 It's very interesting, right? Because obviously we don't have 329 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,120 any insight on how the workings are exactly, but RCP does this 330 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,840 thing where even on YouTube, for example, they've put out these 331 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,360 documentary style videos where they've sort of shown their 332 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,920 process or what it looks like. So from that front and from 333 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:50,760 whatever I do know about how data is looked at in the game, 334 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,160 at least RCBS ahead as compared to a lot of the other teams when 335 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,800 it comes to just understanding how data can be used. 336 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,240 So I don't know how many other teams are looking at phase wise 337 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,760 play or looking at balls for boundary ratios or whatever it 338 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:04,720 is. But at least on that front, it 339 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:08,640 does look like RCB is able to use the data to their advantage. 340 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,640 Some of the decisions of course still feel very waivered. 341 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,119 Some of the selection that we've spoken about through the entire 342 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:19,240 tournament have felt waivered, but even something as simple as 343 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,400 getting inside this upgrade, if you notice a lot of the other 344 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,280 WPL teams, they've struggled to have that second U ball bowler 345 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,080 who can actually swing the ball. And in this case, the other way, 346 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,240 most teams just have to win swing bowlers or they have one 347 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,520 seam bowler and someone who can maybe swing the ball. 348 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:38,720 So even small things like this where you bring in that variety 349 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:40,680 is definitely something that I think the management has 350 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,160 actively tried to do. Yeah, that's right. 351 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,000 Anyone else any any comments on Malawan? 352 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,120 I'll probably just add a quick point here about Malone and 353 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:52,680 himself. I mean the kind of criticism 354 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:55,760 that the man receives on a constant basis online, right? 355 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:58,760 I think some of the RSV fans just love making fun of him and 356 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,240 just mocking him all the time for all of his strategies. 357 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,560 I think for the longest time, the whole rather had a promotion 358 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:06,080 to that number 5 position was something that I was like, what 359 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:08,080 is happening here? Like is there something that the 360 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,800 man sees that we don't in spite of all of that, you know, ensure 361 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,520 that the strategies have worked out well? 362 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:17,040 I think it's the, you know, reflects like, well, in his CB 363 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,240 and all of that. But as Tartha said, right, if 364 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:22,240 the season was like longer, would these experiments have 365 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,040 worked? Could things have like been 366 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,240 slightly different? It's something we'd definitely 367 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,360 have to see. And just to like slightly go on 368 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:30,760 a tangent here, I think a lot of people just end up criticizing 369 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,400 him as a coach because they're like, hey, what are his 370 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,280 credentials? Has he even played, you know, 371 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:36,360 like enough domestic cricket? Has he played international 372 00:18:36,360 --> 00:18:37,880 cricket? Like what makes him suitable to 373 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,080 be up there? OK, not sure. 374 00:18:40,080 --> 00:18:42,160 Like what are the basis that people are judging him on, 375 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,960 right, Because you have a lot of like coaching certification, 376 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:45,440 kind of an experience that comes in hand. 377 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:47,480 You're not you don't necessarily have to be like a player of a 378 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,840 certain caliber to be a coach, right? 379 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:52,640 Because if that was the, you know, parameter for everything 380 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,160 that you've had to had, like you have to play the game to, you 381 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:57,120 know, like comment about it. And I think most of us arms are 382 00:18:57,120 --> 00:18:59,040 experts who just have to like shut our laptops and just like 383 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,240 sit and just boss the game, right? 384 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:02,880 Not talk about it. So I think some fans can get a 385 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:07,120 little unfair in their criticism and it's not coming from a place 386 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,040 of rational. You can obviously like question 387 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,600 decisions, but to like get on a personal level, I think a lot of 388 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,800 fans just end up doing that. And sometimes RCB fans 389 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,440 themselves are, you know, guilty of putting their own courses 390 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:17,680 down. That's fine. 391 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:24,240 OK, so I think for me, what was really interesting about CB 392 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,800 season was also the one match where the clerk came back from 393 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:31,400 behind and wanted like that completely super impossible 394 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,600 situation. Like I was like, what what is 395 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,240 she? Is she just doing what she does 396 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,960 for South Africa but in a more accelerated, like smaller 397 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,680 format? I was I was extremely impressed 398 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,480 with that. And I think when you saw a team 399 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,520 where, you know, she's a new player, new players come in, Vol 400 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,680 comes in and just immediately succeeds right away, that speaks 401 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:58,520 to their management, right? So, OK, so we're going to go to 402 00:19:58,640 --> 00:20:03,280 talking about. A specialty from from Karnataka 403 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:08,160 is Benedosa. So who was the Benedosa of RCB 404 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:09,960 this year? Like one player who you think 405 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:17,200 they could not have done without and who's delicious from a team 406 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,480 composition perspective. No other reason. 407 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,440 I think I'm going to leave Who's Delicious in Neha and stay far 408 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:27,760 away from that question. Yeah, we probably, I had to 409 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,880 address this one again. It's a tough one, right? 410 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,640 But my pick definitely has to be Lauren Bell, right? 411 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:36,560 I think just to imagine an RCB bowling lineup without her is 412 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:38,600 impossible, right? The impact that she has had, we 413 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,680 can probably dedicate an entire episode just dissecting her 414 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:44,080 entire bowling analysis itself. So at least for me, she 415 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:45,680 definitely has to be like right up there. 416 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:49,200 Just can't imagine, you know, this victorious campaign without 417 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,480 her. I mean, the social media team 418 00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:53,360 didn't have a field day with all the edits that they did, but 419 00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:57,000 still, right, her back like on the field is just was just 420 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,080 unparalleled. And I think we were having a 421 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,760 discussion, right, like in one of the groups about her possibly 422 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,800 being chosen as the MVP is, well, right. 423 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,160 She was very much in that race. I mean, she should have been 424 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:09,880 considered. But I think they're just such a 425 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,400 batting obsessed nation that we just don't care enough about our 426 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:15,200 bowlers. And this T20 format itself is 427 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,120 like, just so unforgiving to bowlers, right? 428 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,320 Yeah. I'd probably end my rant at 429 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:21,800 that. And hopefully my answer is like, 430 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,480 like just make sense. Oh, it, it really does. 431 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,720 I think one of the most interesting analysis that I read 432 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:34,040 was the one about Deepti Sharma countering Lauren Bell and how 433 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:37,320 much, how much work went into that when she came and opened 434 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,960 for UP Warriors. So that was right. 435 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:47,800 It was, it was in your letter. He, he looks confused right 436 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:48,360 there. He's like. 437 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,560 What it took me a second to go Deepti Sharma. 438 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,920 That's the wrong team. No, but yeah, I know. 439 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,560 No, I she is the easy answer. I mean, Mandra has also had an 440 00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,440 unbelievably good season. We've kind of taken her for 441 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,000 granted with how good she plays and how much she does for the 442 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,640 team. But yeah, the point is fair when 443 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:10,880 you have like a 60% dodgeball percentage across an entire 444 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:15,400 season in T 20s, I don't really think you can go beyond that. 445 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:20,600 Like, cap is the gold standard in the WPL and Bell has made her 446 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:25,440 look distinctly second place. And it's it's good timing on her 447 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:26,600 part. She's got a home World Cup in a 448 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:28,680 couple of months, swing conditions. 449 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,120 It should work out for her. Hopefully they play Lindsay 450 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:33,680 Smith as a second power play bowler so the rest of us can 451 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,400 have an out. But yeah, Lauren Bell has to be 452 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,200 the easy answer here. I don't think we even come close 453 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,960 without her. All right, so I'm going to ask 454 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,880 you all for your final ratings and we we're going to rate them 455 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:51,720 out of not out of just 10. We're going to rate them out of 456 00:22:51,720 --> 00:22:54,520 10 specific items. And So what is your rating for 457 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:58,520 RCB season out of 10 cricket balls that the clerk has hit out 458 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:03,520 of the park. So what's, what's your rating 459 00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:07,120 for RCB season overall? I think less than 10 is not 460 00:23:07,120 --> 00:23:10,520 acceptable. Are you talking how are we 461 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:13,400 reading this? Is it how happy are we with the 462 00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:15,840 season? Is it how sustainable this is? 463 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,280 Is it like what? How are we reading? 464 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,200 What the criteria? I mean, in, in general, like, 465 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:25,040 OK, let's say compared to their last season that they won, you 466 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,400 know, how is this how, how is this season? 467 00:23:28,120 --> 00:23:31,760 So about a 75 out of 10. I mean, they went from not 468 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:35,320 making the playoffs to winning in incredible fashion. 469 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,680 So I think, yeah, I don't really have. 470 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,080 I have lots of criticisms, but all of my criticism seems valid 471 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,000 apparently. So yeah, I just got to go with 472 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:46,240 the flow, I think. We agree with this rating. 473 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,360 Shannon Pratip. This. 474 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,440 I mean, this time around, yeah. Like with the number of things 475 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,640 that could have gone sideways with the way they picked their 476 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:02,280 squads and ultimately how it worked out for them, probably 477 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,320 8-8 and 1/2 on 10, because there's definitely scope for 478 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,360 improvement and there's definitely they have some 479 00:24:10,360 --> 00:24:13,760 quality players. But if they are able to sustain 480 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:16,400 this in the long run, that's what we'll get them to a proper 481 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,520 10, yeah. I think it's interesting, right 482 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,720 when if we talk about the last season that RCB won, they 483 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:25,840 actually came back from behind and won that season. 484 00:24:25,840 --> 00:24:28,680 Like at one point it seemed like they're not going to win that 485 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,400 season after that one run lost, right? 486 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:32,520 It just looked very difficult for them, but they managed to 487 00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:36,240 come back and that was all the back of some great individual 488 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,280 performances and that was a proper star-studded team. 489 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,520 In some ways this team has been very good, but it doesn't have 490 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:42,800 the same number of stars. In some ways I would say they 491 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,000 don't have an Elise Perry or a Sophie Molyneux or even a Sophie 492 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:49,280 Divine for that matter. They don't have a lot of stars. 493 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,360 They have very good players. They have like like a lot, like 494 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:54,400 I said, lots of players have done well in their particular 495 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,120 roles, but I still feel that this team over performed a bit. 496 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,840 I mean, I think maybe it's just our bias because coming into the 497 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:03,520 tournament we were all like, no, no, no, RCV is not a good team 498 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,320 and all of that. So I would say that it like, you 499 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:07,960 know, exceed my expectations quite a bit. 500 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,680 And compared to the last season, this was a more clinical season 501 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,560 purely if we judge them on their performances, right. 502 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,440 So I would give them a nine out of 10. 503 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,120 Neha looks happy with that. Yeah, because that's exactly the 504 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:21,720 number I was probably looking at, right. 505 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:25,320 I think the kind of season that RCB had this time around was 506 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:26,840 like straight out of a Bollywood movie itself. 507 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,400 I could care off to like that perfect star, you know, so many 508 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,760 wins on on the tort and suddenly, like, you know, your 509 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,680 qualification is the seed, but you want to make your presence 510 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,800 in the fine that you have this few losses and then again, you 511 00:25:36,800 --> 00:25:40,800 know, come back and win. So I definitely say it that 512 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,440 there are like areas of criticism and, you know, 513 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:47,000 pointers that they keep in mind right, going ahead too, because 514 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,280 that number three position against Georgia Wall did well. 515 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,640 But then there was like a little bit of experimentation that was 516 00:25:51,640 --> 00:25:53,800 happening back in. And sometimes I think the 517 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,640 bowling too, right, can get just heavily reliant on Lauren Bell. 518 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,680 And could Prema Raut have been included? 519 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:01,320 Why is Pooja Vasrikar not bowling? 520 00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:03,520 It's just a lot of questions. It's just me nitpicking. 521 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,280 But in all fairness, just if I'm talking from a fan sentiment, 522 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:08,080 I'm just putting on the fan cap itself. 523 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,200 I think I'd probably say, you know, like this was that 10 on 524 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,680 10 sort of a season. And like Taratra keeps saying, 525 00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,880 right, the win doesn't make since the fact that it has 526 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:17,080 happened has just probably still left us in denial. 527 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,080 Like, I think the four of us are just like, in denial. 528 00:26:19,080 --> 00:26:20,920 Like what just happened actually is 1. 529 00:26:21,280 --> 00:26:24,160 But then to probably process this sub in itself, right? 530 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,400 Like, in the light of all the information that we have and all 531 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,440 the stats and everything, I think it's still quite the 532 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:33,320 momentous feat and something we'd remember much more fondly, 533 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:35,760 you know, rather than the 24 win, which sort of, you know, 534 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,800 set the ball rolling. But now they've just made 535 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,880 winning a habit, champion, mindset, DNA and all of that. 536 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,840 Yeah. Yeah, that's right. 537 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:47,920 So Speaking of a champion mindset, we're we're going to 538 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,720 come to our other finalist who's been forever been a finalist, 539 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:56,080 right? So our cohost Sartuck, he has, 540 00:26:56,120 --> 00:26:58,840 he has a tweet which says, you know, Can you imagine being 541 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:05,680 Marzon Cap runner up at the T20 World Cup in 20/22/2024, the ODI 542 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:10,160 World Cup in 25 and now 4 out of Four Seasons in the WPL 543 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,080 consistently being a finalist and not winning. 544 00:27:15,360 --> 00:27:17,000 What is she going to do to make them win? 545 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:26,360 Four daughters both. But seriously, I think Cap can 546 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:27,560 do right. She's brilliant. 547 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:29,720 She could have done a little bit more in the World Cup final, 548 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:34,200 last one the last year, but in the WPL this is not at all. 549 00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:37,760 It's really hard to say what DC did wrong. 550 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,840 They just, they have the, they have an incredible bowling 551 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,240 attack that is useless against one player in that world. 552 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:47,040 And one player seems to be Smriti Mantra. 553 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:52,440 And I don't, I really am sitting here after the game having 554 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,880 analyzed it. I don't know too much about what 555 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:02,280 DC could have done worse because they didn't concede any between 556 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,800 8 and 15 runs. That's it, right? 557 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:07,600 It was 1 / 7, one over 16, but it's basically 8 and 15. 558 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,240 They were, they didn't get hit, they didn't concede too many 559 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:15,920 singles, They just got beat by a better team, like by two 560 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,040 players. They got beat and they still 561 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:19,840 almost pulled it off. Got a couple of wickets at the 562 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:21,360 end. Put some nervousness back in the 563 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,080 RCB fan. So from just yesterday's 564 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,560 perspective I it's hard to criticize them too much. 565 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,200 Overall I actually think they're on a pretty good trajectory. 566 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,480 I think Jeremy has been an inspired choice of captain. 567 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:38,000 The first couple of like the first week or so was iffy, but 568 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,840 the last week has been fantastic. 569 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,000 From what I've seen. She uses a bowl as well. 570 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:47,040 She feels well, she trusts her team, she leads by example. 571 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:52,640 She's kind of even as an RCV fan and Mandara fan, she kind of has 572 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,880 me going. Maybe Jamie should jump the key 573 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,120 a little bit for Team India. She's been really good. 574 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,680 Yeah. And do you want to come in 575 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,720 Pratib, we haven't heard from you in a bit about DC. 576 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,320 Delhi Capitals should try and reduce their choker score and to 577 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:10,880 do that they'll have to quick lesser South African players in 578 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,960 their team. That's honestly the only way 579 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,520 it's going to work out for them because you have 3 S Africans 580 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,880 and it just follows them. The tag of chokers just follows 581 00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,840 them across tournaments across years. 582 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:27,200 But yeah, I think spot on. We've mostly done a lot of 583 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,920 things like there's not too much that even from a game analysis 584 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,040 point of view that you'd look at and you'd say, you know, there's 585 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,400 definitely something that's gone wrong. 586 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,080 If anything, at the halfway mark, at least in the final, we 587 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:40,600 felt that it's totally their game. 588 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:43,720 It the pitch was of course a better one to bat on as compared 589 00:29:43,720 --> 00:29:45,720 to what we've been seeing in the second leg. 590 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,160 But even for them, the way they backed it through the middle 591 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,640 overs, especially Jimmy Rodriguez and Laura Blvd. 592 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,400 I think they pasted beautifully. Like literally the only thing I 593 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,160 can think of is maybe Blvd. not getting enough strike to explode 594 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:03,480 in possibly the last four. But Chanel Henry anyways did a 595 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:05,880 good job. So like, what do you look at and 596 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:09,040 what do you say? And maybe the one thing is they 597 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:15,640 would have had Sri Charani step up a little more because she's 598 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,320 someone who, if she gets on a role, can really run through a 599 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,000 side, can get multiple wickets. But yeah, really it's it's just 600 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:24,320 unlucky for them. Maybe they need to change 601 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,320 something in their setup or whatever it is. 602 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:31,200 But yeah, like just hard luck. Yeah, DCI. 603 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:36,520 OK, first of all, I need to apologize and give a really 604 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,960 deep, heartfelt apology to Laura Blvd. 605 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,120 I disrespected you before the tournament. 606 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:46,960 I said that perhaps this wasn't your format and maybe you 607 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:51,600 wouldn't make it to the team. And my God, have I been proof 608 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:57,080 and proven wrong? Do you want to come in and talk 609 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,760 about DCA little bit? Yeah, I think it's after a 610 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:01,880 point. It just becomes a little 611 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,440 hilarious now that every time they make the final and they 612 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,080 don't win, I mean, it feels, you know, there's a sort of team 613 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,680 because as I said, they were my first love in the IPL. 614 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:12,680 So I always have like the soft corner for them. 615 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,520 And even in the women's team, they've always had players that 616 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:19,440 I've really liked, right? I mean, Jimmy, they had, they 617 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,520 have animals even now, right? Lots of players in their team. 618 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,640 You want to root for those sorts of players simply because of how 619 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,280 good they are in terms of quality and how they conduct 620 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:29,280 themselves on the field. So I don't know, like yesterday, 621 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,520 I feel the only thing where they probably went wrong was the 622 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,760 first three overs where Lauren will bowl really well and she 623 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:36,560 was able to keep Lizzie Lee quiet. 624 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,480 Because apart from that, if you break down the game from a face 625 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,360 by face basis, there really wasn't much to separate between 626 00:31:43,360 --> 00:31:45,240 the two teams. Possibly the cash that Jimmy 627 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,920 dropped in the 19th over. I feel like that is one thing 628 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,680 which could have maybe, you know, put a little more 629 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:52,760 pressure, especially with pretty just having gotten out a couple 630 00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,760 like the ball before or the ball like in that's very over, right. 631 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,360 So I just feel like if that was something they could have, it 632 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,560 was not even a choke, right? It's not like they were in a 633 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,160 position of power. And from there, do you know, 634 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,000 they bowled, they didn't like bowl absolutely terribly or, you 635 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:12,960 know, came back like the worst possible situation for us. 636 00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,840 It was possibly 8 or 4 in the whole game. 637 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,000 They were just in so much control. 638 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,600 I, I was talking to Deepak yesterday on 1st umpire when we 639 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,320 were doing the final podcast and he was also saying the same 640 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,200 thing, like what could he have done differently? 641 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:29,600 And maybe if they bowled cup kept another over for Cap later 642 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:30,960 on. But then you could also you 643 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:33,840 could also argue that you want cap in the power play, right? 644 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:37,120 You don't really want her to, you know, hold back her overs 645 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,760 when RCB are going all against blazing especially, you want to 646 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,840 take those early wickets, right? And that's what you expect from 647 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,280 a player of that quality. And I, I don't know, maybe one 648 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,520 very interesting point actually that Deepak brought up in a chat 649 00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:51,480 yesterday was that RCB have a lot of paces in the middle overs 650 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,120 who can sometimes roll those back of a lens, slower balls, 651 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,000 cutters, those sorts of stuff, right. 652 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:59,360 DC are a bit more spin reliant in the middle overs, which I 653 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,440 actually found thought this was a very interesting point. 654 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,800 And I think apart from that, yeah, it's very hard to blame 655 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,520 that this time. And if you look at their 656 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:09,240 trajectory in the finals, even the final last year, they should 657 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,840 have honestly won. They were just using what, 150 658 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,640 odd. Yeah, I guess Mumbai. 659 00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,360 I don't know how they lost that final either. 660 00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:18,760 Again, this one, in this one, to be fair, they didn't really seem 661 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:19,800 in the game in the second innings. 662 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,680 It was just RTB just seemed like the better side to be very 663 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,760 honest. Yeah, they just dominated. 664 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:29,480 And do you want to do you want to come in about their batting 665 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,760 specifically? Like what was interesting about 666 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:36,360 their batting this season? Any and I'll open for, I'll open 667 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,040 the floor to everyone. Like any interesting stats about 668 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,840 DC's batting specifically? So I actually have a couple of 669 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,760 numbers, and this is specifically for the Vadodara 670 00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:49,280 like, which I'd like to think was more suited to this type of 671 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,520 batting because in the middle overs, especially when the 672 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,400 pitches were not that good, strike rotation was extremely 673 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,120 important. And something that we've 674 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,680 actually spoken about on length across groups is basically the 675 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,360 strike rotation aspect, right? Because in the Vadodara leg, of 676 00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:07,840 the top six run scorers, you have three of the batters from 677 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:09,239 DC. Of course you have Jamie and 678 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:13,400 Laura, but also Lizelli on top. It doesn't matter as much to 679 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,360 rotate strike because it's a new ball. 680 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,480 You have the field, the only two fielders outside. 681 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,760 So Lizelli makes it there because she can hit the 682 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,480 boundaries. But if you look at non boundary 683 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,040 strike rates for Jamie, Ma Rodriguez as well as Laura 684 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:29,719 Wolwart, it's upwards of 75. And to give you context, only 685 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,760 Beth Mooney is another player who features in that list. 686 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,960 And this is for anyone who's got at least 150 plus runs in the 687 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,560 world that like. So I think that was their 688 00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,120 biggest 10th is that they just bossed the middle overs 689 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,920 irrespective of who was bowling, irrespective of how the pitch 690 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,000 was. And it was definitely worse than 691 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,520 Navi Mumbai for the most part. So that's a number that I will 692 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,320 throw which is going to help them at least in the long run 693 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,440 for sure. Yeah. 694 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:02,160 I think just to add on to that point, just yesterday Wulvark 695 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,760 played 25 balls, didn't face a single dot in. 696 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,360 Isn't point. It's ridiculous. 697 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,480 Like Mandraf also did this amazing thing of facing just 698 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:14,960 four dots but then it gets blown away by no dots. 699 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,000 Like I've never heard of anyone playing no dots. 700 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,680 Like I was looking it up going I can't remember the last time 701 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:24,440 Abhishek Sharma played no dots. The gay breaks cricket Woolvark 702 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:28,800 is incredible. Like the more you read about 703 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:33,560 Woolvark, right, she is this unbelievable player who to me 704 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:37,080 it's a very close battle at the top of cricket of Mandnas 1A, 705 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,320 Wolvat 1B, because Manda has higher highs. 706 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,160 But Wolvat just can do everything. 707 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,160 She can be your slow anchor. She can be the death overs 708 00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:48,360 hitter. She can be this. 709 00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:50,440 Oh, I'm going to be in the background where Jeremy 710 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,000 Rodriguez and Henry hit everything and just keep the 711 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,520 ball going. She just can do everything. 712 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:56,720 She doesn't have a weakness to her game. 713 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,760 It's quite incredible. Yeah, that's, I think DC's 714 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,680 batting was probably the plus point. 715 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,840 Envy. Was it you who had the comment 716 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,120 about Nikki Prasad's entry points like they're looking not 717 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:13,360 as I think in the early DC games it looked like, you know, she 718 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:16,280 had to come on early and did not really relish that role. 719 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:19,800 Do you does anyone have any comments on that? 720 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:25,360 Yeah, I think they they haven't figured what should be her entry 721 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:29,640 points and nor have they figured like what's the best position 722 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,920 for her to bat and like does she need more balls to play at the 723 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,760 start or does she need to accelerate at the end? 724 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,320 I think she's there because there's obvious talent. 725 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:44,880 And I think that's why I think, and we'll go back, we'll go back 726 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:49,120 to this eventually over a long period of time in, in at least 727 00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:52,320 the WPL till, till we have just these five teams and these 728 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:56,360 tournaments having in such a small, short span of time is the 729 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:59,000 benefit of having a longer season is, is how you get to 730 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:02,120 know about these teams much more in depth. 731 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:06,720 I mean, these teams have more than 20/20/20 odd players, 732 00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,480 right? So that, that's, that should be 733 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,720 great for a, for a longish season as well. 734 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:16,960 And now we only see role clarity is coming for, for very, very 735 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,560 few teams. I mean, most teams are still 736 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,640 finding and, and that is also something we are told in our 737 00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:24,800 preview that most teams are going to struggle to find their 738 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,080 11. And I think it's, it's that and 739 00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,080 that's not going to change. And, and it's not their fault. 740 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,680 It's the fault of this season being created in in a very 741 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:40,680 random fashion, snuck between India and New Zealand and and 742 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,840 like the Under 19 World Cup also, and then the pressure of 743 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,480 closing it on a Thursday. All of those things. 744 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,960 None of this means that Nikki Rosa shouldn't be in the 11. 745 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,600 She she must be in the 11. I probably just wanted to add in 746 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:57,680 here a point about, you know, just the larger utilization, 747 00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:01,200 right of the Indian uncapped players by most of these 748 00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,880 franchises, right? It's just been quite sad because 749 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,120 take the case of UP Warriors, what they did, which Shweta 750 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,600 said, I was bringing her in like so much lower in that batting 751 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,320 order. Nikki Prasad, case in point for 752 00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:15,680 daily Capitals, I mean, you have retained them for a reason, 753 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,480 right? You send some potential in this 754 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000 players and even like a basic look at stats itself, right, 755 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,320 We'll give you that we'll give you an idea that Shweta set out 756 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,960 again is someone who bats like right up top in that batting 757 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,560 order don't have to go too far to see her under 19 World Cup 758 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:32,200 itself right See what she's done in the Delhi Premier League what 759 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:34,240 she companies to do for her state team as well. 760 00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:38,360 Nikki Prasad too right again bats in that top 4 for Karnataka 761 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:39,760 itself. So for me, I think it's just the 762 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,440 criminal underutilization of Indian uncapped sources, you 763 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,760 know, resources by these teams that really like stands out so 764 00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,880 much and then you expect them to perform and do the thing because 765 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,240 I think Nikki Prasad did get some hate, you know, like, oh, 766 00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:54,040 you know, she is not able to score runs like the SAKSAU and 767 00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:55,880 all of that. But but just actually go look at 768 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,600 her numbers domestically, right? Her strike rates don't cross 769 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,680 more than 100, at least this time. 770 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,400 And I, I just like to say, yeah, that I hope there is some 771 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,840 foresight into like the planning itself, right? 772 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,240 If you really need to be strategic about like just using 773 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:15,520 these players better. And I hope Delhi takes some 774 00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,640 learnings, right? Because like 4 times unlucky 775 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,960 again, I'm not telling that's the only reason that they lost. 776 00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,760 But then four times unlucky. I, I think law of answers will 777 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,920 catch up at some point. Cricketing gods will have to, 778 00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,440 you know, just do some justice in that regard. 779 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,760 But then this was one point that really stuck out to me. 780 00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,360 And yeah. Yeah. 781 00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:36,440 How much did DC miss Sarah Bryce this season? 782 00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:42,400 I mean, I feel like they really were able to use their advantage 783 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:46,480 last year and this year. Yeah, I, I just feel felt like 784 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:50,640 they didn't have that, that little explosion that you need 785 00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:55,240 some somewhere in the middle or late order that sort of forgives 786 00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:58,440 your score of more of an impetus, especially because I 787 00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,240 think they lost some close games, right. 788 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:05,840 So that's, that's I think one of the things that stood out to me 789 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,600 with DC and I think in the pre tournament preview, what we had 790 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:13,760 talked about is that basically DC's weakness, not specifically 791 00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:17,880 their battings, actually their bowling, their bowlers are good. 792 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:19,240 They're they're all really great. 793 00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:21,200 Like Minumani had a great season. 794 00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,520 Towards the end, not in the first half, her first half 795 00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,840 season was not was not good at all. 796 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,600 She came in and I think she needed to get Mandanas wicket in 797 00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,200 that one game where she came in to sort of get her mojo back. 798 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:39,040 You know, Sneerana not necessarily the best of spinner. 799 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,920 I feel like if you have both Minu and Sneer, that doesn't 800 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,640 really give you a lot of flexibility in the middle overs. 801 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:48,080 I don't remember who it was who said that they're very spin the 802 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,920 land in the middle overs compared to perhaps RCB. 803 00:40:51,640 --> 00:40:54,680 So I thought DC were definitely a fast bowler shot. 804 00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:57,680 But Nandini Sharma, a word about her. 805 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:00,920 You, you can start Neha and then we'll go back round. 806 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:03,840 Yeah, because I think you could just see my face just break into 807 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,160 this white smile, right? Nandini Sharma has been 808 00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,280 undoubtedly the fine of the season, right? 809 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,760 For Daily Capitals, at least for her Stateside, she had been 810 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,800 doing well with credit to, you know, DC scouts for actually 811 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:17,600 getting her into the setup. She served as a net bowler, you 812 00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,200 know, for some other franchises in the past. 813 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:22,120 And you know, come this season, I think she's been such a 814 00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:24,520 revelation, right? I think one of the very few 815 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,520 Indian bowlers was able to bowl that back of the hand. 816 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,760 They'll be so beautiful. He's able to mix up her pace, 817 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:32,080 bowls well up front and later too. 818 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:36,120 I think she's definitely one to watch out for, right Again, 819 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,640 hasn't been chosen for that. Australia too, but you know, 820 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:41,680 playing like for India, I think she'll largely benefit. 821 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:45,040 That experience will come through and hopefully she can 822 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,800 probably stake a claim for a place in the team when probably 823 00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,640 the squad is chosen right for the T20 World Cup itself. 824 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,320 She can be that surprise package because when you look at the 825 00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:56,440 other paces and how they perform, take the likes of 826 00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:58,360 Ranti, Gautam Kashmir, Gautam and all of them, they've 827 00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:00,480 probably not had that sort of a season. 828 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,680 And I think Nandini Sharma has done enough to, you know, sort 829 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,400 of throw a hat in the ring and be like, hey, you know, probably 830 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,720 she can be like, I can be considered. 831 00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:11,000 And she definitely has, I think a lot in store too. 832 00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,320 I think she was like a massive, massive positive. 833 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:16,400 And again, it's lovely to see, right, like India producing a 834 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,440 crop of like fast bowlers who can actually do a good job. 835 00:42:19,440 --> 00:42:22,560 It's just to see like how she will be continued to like be 836 00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,200 nurtured within the system itself. 837 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,120 And hopefully she goes along with like a great start this 838 00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,200 season. And very fittingly. 839 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:32,520 So it was also, I think about it like the emerging player of the 840 00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,480 season award too, right? Would have been great if she 841 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,600 could have capped it off with a purple cap as well. 842 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,800 But yeah, we we take wins like that. 843 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,040 Almost Taruta, do you want to come in about DC's bowling and 844 00:42:45,040 --> 00:42:46,560 Nandini Sharma? Any words? 845 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:49,360 Particularly, she may have mentioned this, but the back of 846 00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:51,960 the handball during the Women's World Cup. 847 00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:55,680 This was a topic that me, Cheyenne Pratib, a couple of 848 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:59,120 others were part of the coverage did of Animal Sutherland, how 849 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,960 she basically decimated the entire World Cup with this back 850 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:04,440 of the handball during the middle overs. 851 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:08,480 And obviously Nandi Sharma, not at that level yet, but it's 852 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:12,360 pretty close. Like it's hard to diagnose that 853 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:13,760 on the fly when you're playing it. 854 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:16,720 And she is very, very consistent. 855 00:43:16,840 --> 00:43:19,880 Like she puts the ball where she wants to put the ball like it 856 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,560 did start flying all over the place. 857 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:23,640 She doesn't get flustered if you get hit for a boundary. 858 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,720 She wanted, I think how she played ball yesterday was a 859 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:30,600 great example of everyone else was just chucking the sink it 860 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,720 up, including someone like Gab. And only time I went, hey, you 861 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:35,680 know what, I'm going to put a fielder on deep wicket and I'm 862 00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:37,720 going to hit your stops. And that's all it is. 863 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,160 So the only way you're going to score a boundary is by hitting a 864 00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:43,640 deep wicket. And that's what Charlie end up 865 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:46,040 doing as well. And I think, I can't remember 866 00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:47,960 who got her out, but they got her out to that ball. 867 00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:53,560 And the over before Vol got out, she hit it to the boundary off 868 00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,920 Nandi Sharma and it had dropped between two fielders who got 869 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,400 confused about who was going to catch the ball. 870 00:43:57,960 --> 00:43:59,840 So and it she did that for four overs. 871 00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,240 She didn't get hit by Volt. She was the only baser not to 872 00:44:02,240 --> 00:44:06,240 get hit by Volt. So it's she knows what she's 873 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:09,520 doing and she executed really, really well, which is very 874 00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,720 impressive for someone that young and that fresh to it to 875 00:44:12,720 --> 00:44:15,120 this is a, it's a jump in quality to go to the WPL. 876 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,520 So to do this against the best batters in the world alongside 877 00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:19,800 some of the best bowlers in the world. 878 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:23,160 And I think there's there's a lot of room for improvement 879 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,440 there, which is kind of crazy considering how good she already 880 00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:27,360 is. Yeah, like just adding on. 881 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,360 Sorry, yeah, just adding on to Tarutra's point on Nandini, I 882 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:36,080 think often because of the event and the stage and all of that, 883 00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,920 you tend to forget some of the basics that a lot of players get 884 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,040 right. So the accuracy bit is actually 885 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:44,520 a huge point because even some Indian national, someone like 886 00:44:44,520 --> 00:44:47,960 Renuka Singh Thakur, who's so experienced, one of her biggest 887 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,000 issues this season was the fact that she wasn't consistent with 888 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:53,560 her accuracy, right? Those in swingers starting on 889 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,680 middle or middle and leg and then just going down for whites. 890 00:44:56,680 --> 00:45:01,120 So keeping that in mind and the kind of stage that this is for 891 00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:04,520 Nandini Sharma on debut to be able to pull off that kind of 892 00:45:04,520 --> 00:45:07,520 accuracy. And I think the first time you 893 00:45:07,520 --> 00:45:11,520 sort of noticed that was also when she was bowling to Sophie 894 00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,680 Devine, where Sophie Devine was going bonkers in that game where 895 00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:18,680 she scored 90 odd and we thought we'd finally get a WPL century. 896 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,840 But Sir Nandini Sharma, the clarity of thought in knowing 897 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,120 that, OK, her slow ball, her back of the hand slow balls been 898 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:26,880 hit. So what's her next option? 899 00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:30,120 She goes for a bouncer. She's not afraid of using that 900 00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:32,640 sort of delivery. And I think that clarity is 901 00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,400 already setting her apart from so many of the other bowlers. 902 00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,200 Even someone like Kranti Goud who's played for India, there's 903 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,320 still moments you see where if she's getting hit, she tends to 904 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:45,160 get hit for a lot of which I've not seen with Nandini as of this 905 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:48,240 season at least. So I'm. 906 00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:51,240 I'm going to bring you in Chen now, so I'm going to ask you any 907 00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:56,400 any comments you have for DC and who is the Sansa Stark of DC, 908 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:59,800 which means basically who's the Queen of the North for DCI? 909 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:03,680 Don't know. I think it's see. 910 00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:06,920 With Delhi, I think we talked about Nandini Sharma, right? 911 00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,040 What's really been interesting to me is that she hasn't even 912 00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:11,880 taken the new ball that consistently, right. 913 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,360 She has been like this first team sort of a bowler, which I 914 00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:18,240 think make makes her her skills even more valuable because you 915 00:46:18,240 --> 00:46:20,920 get new ball bowlers still. But the fact that she can bowl 916 00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:23,880 in those current situations towards closing the power plate 917 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,720 through the middle overs, through the end of the innings, 918 00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:27,560 I think that's what makes a stand out. 919 00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:30,240 And another very interesting standard had looked up actually 920 00:46:30,240 --> 00:46:32,960 for Delhi while we were having this conversation was that in 921 00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:36,440 the Vadodara Lake, they are the only team who have an average 922 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,000 like north of 30 when it comes to power play batting. 923 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,680 And they were at 45. The next, all the other teams 924 00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:47,080 were at 24/24/20 and 18. So something about batting in 925 00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:48,840 the power play in Vadodara, I don't know. 926 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,040 Delhi seem to have. So, yeah. 927 00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:55,080 And I think I feel like they were really good in the fact 928 00:46:55,080 --> 00:46:58,040 that they were nailing those low scoring chases, right. 929 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,440 But in the final, they battered first time they put up more than 930 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,000 200. So we can't really follow their 931 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,440 batting all that which at all. And if I have to pick a, you 932 00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:09,480 know, queen of the north from the daily capitals, it's 933 00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:11,840 probably Nandini, right? I mean, we probably didn't 934 00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:14,280 expect that, you know, she's going to have this level of an 935 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,000 impact because we hadn't seen much of her at this level. 936 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:20,200 And if we have to go with perhaps the most established 937 00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:23,680 stars, I was very much looking forward to watch Lizzie Lee, 938 00:47:23,680 --> 00:47:25,480 right, Because I've said that in the preview as well. 939 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:29,000 With that, you know, she has been someone who has absolutely 940 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,440 dominated the WBVL and international cricket. 941 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:35,080 She was a six header like she was a pioneer when it came to 6 942 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,720 heading in the women's game. So I feel like she had a very 943 00:47:37,720 --> 00:47:39,960 good season. Their entire top 4 is very 944 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,760 interesting to me because of very contrasting styles of play. 945 00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:45,520 Like and Pratib and I, we were having this discussion yesterday 946 00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,920 where when you watch Jamie and Blvd. back, there's an element 947 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,720 of Virat Kohli to it where they just minimize their dot balls 948 00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:54,040 completely. They don't, you know, they keep 949 00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:56,240 taking the singles, double, single, double s and they still 950 00:47:56,240 --> 00:47:58,040 score at a pretty respectable run rate, right? 951 00:47:58,360 --> 00:48:03,400 Yesterday, we can't really fault either of their, you know, 23345 952 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:04,520 when it comes to the scoring rate. 953 00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:07,320 Honestly, it was just literally in the first few overs that also 954 00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:08,680 down to brilliant going from Laurenville. 955 00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:12,320 Not because, you know, it wasn't that Lizelli lacked intent or 956 00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:13,480 anything. She was trying to move around 957 00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:15,880 the crease, try to, you know, nullify the swing, but it just 958 00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,320 didn't come off for her. And when she, I think she, you 959 00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,920 know, became more stable in the crease, then she started getting 960 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:22,520 those boundaries. And she also eventually caught 961 00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:25,280 up to an extent because the start she got was pretty bad. 962 00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:28,360 But after that, you know, it's just been a really good season. 963 00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:30,720 Even Cherani for that matter, she was not very good in the 964 00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:33,280 Navy like, but then she came back really strong in the 965 00:48:33,280 --> 00:48:35,800 Vadodara. Like, even Jimmy, when we talk 966 00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:39,680 about, you know, showing that sort of responsibility and, you 967 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,960 know, not really making, she just makes sure that the game is 968 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:44,400 under control when she is batting there. 969 00:48:44,720 --> 00:48:46,920 So I feel like that was a really, you know, positive thing 970 00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,000 for them that she can do it under the captaincy pressure as 971 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:54,120 well. And yeah, that's very cool. 972 00:48:55,480 --> 00:48:58,760 OK. So do you agree with that 973 00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:04,880 analysis, Nandini as the, I mean as his answer, no. 974 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:06,720 I think if you're going Queen of the North, it has to. 975 00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:10,120 Be Jimmy, right? She's been. 976 00:49:10,160 --> 00:49:13,640 She's become so good this season. 977 00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,640 Like, she's not been regularly good in WPL. 978 00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:17,200 She's not been regularly good in WPL. 979 00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:18,880 This year. The first week was not great, 980 00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:25,040 but she's stepped up so much, so fast that the 50 in the final 981 00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:26,520 just went, yeah, that's what she's supposed to do. 982 00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:30,160 It's kind of an incredible thing to just be part of the furniture 983 00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:33,440 that quickly while also figuring out how to be captain. 984 00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:38,080 So yeah, I'm still going. Jimmy, that's Nandari is great. 985 00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:41,560 She's awesome. Gap is unbelievable. 986 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:45,560 Blvd. is top five players, like top five favorite players for me 987 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,960 right now in the world. But still has to be Jimmy. 988 00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:51,200 She run that team, so has to be her team. 989 00:49:52,520 --> 00:49:55,720 Neha Pratap, you agree? But I think for me it's going to 990 00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:57,800 be a slightly. Left field choice here with 991 00:49:58,000 --> 00:50:00,400 Lizelli, right? And the reason I bring her name 992 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,520 up is I think just coming to the season itself, a lot of people 993 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:04,960 didn't expect her to do well, right? 994 00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,240 They think they were thinking that no should be found out. 995 00:50:07,240 --> 00:50:10,080 You know, WPL is a very different source, you know, in 996 00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:12,160 comparison to probably the domestic cricket she plays in. 997 00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,360 Australia isn't the WBL for that matter. 998 00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,200 I mean, the fact that she's managed to, you know, see the 999 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:20,840 place in that Delhi playing 11 is amongst the highest run 1000 00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:22,680 getters itself. And in spite of all the 1001 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:26,040 criticism and scrutiny about the way she looks itself, I think 1002 00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:28,320 she's really made that sort of an impact, right? 1003 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:31,160 I think she's just gone on to show then you can look a certain 1004 00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,200 way and you can you can still actually contribute to the 1005 00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,160 team's cause. And I think it's just very, it's 1006 00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,760 one of those very uplifting and inspiring stories itself. 1007 00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:41,720 I was hoping she could possibly make her come back for South 1008 00:50:41,720 --> 00:50:42,960 Africa as well. But now, you know, she has 1009 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,400 Australian citizenship and she's entirely, you know, shifted with 1010 00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:48,400 her family there. But then I think it's just for 1011 00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:50,560 me, you know, like the kind of season she had for the longest 1012 00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:54,040 time, I've just wanted her to, you know, be a part of the WP in 1013 00:50:54,040 --> 00:50:57,000 some shape, form capacity in spite of all the criticism too. 1014 00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:00,440 But, you know, to see her have this sort of a season and the 1015 00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:03,680 backing that she got from Delhi itself, right, was really, 1016 00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,440 really nice to see. There's still some areas of the 1017 00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:07,160 game she needs to work on probably, you know, the keeping 1018 00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:10,080 side of things. But again, that comes down to 1019 00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,680 how DC, you know, wants to figure out there, you know, 1020 00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:15,320 keeper conundrum, so to say, because Lizelli cannot be your 1021 00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,680 answer for that. But as a batter, I wouldn't 1022 00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:20,680 fault her for anything. And like on more occasion she's 1023 00:51:20,680 --> 00:51:23,200 given them those sort of electric starts and quite 1024 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:26,480 deservingly, you know, deserves to be in that like highest run 1025 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,480 getters list too. My point but I think so this. 1026 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,120 I'm surprised no one's brought up Shafali. 1027 00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:33,800 I think she had a quiet season, right? 1028 00:51:33,800 --> 00:51:38,320 I think not, Not her usual, but I, I feel like she's made a lot 1029 00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:42,680 of improvements to her game. But yeah, but I think you're up. 1030 00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,760 And you can also start with your rating for DC. 1031 00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:49,240 So this time the rating is out of 10. 1032 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:57,840 And then these slower balls. I think DC would be just a shade 1033 00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:01,600 below RCB, so probably 8. I gave RCB 8.5, so I think I'd 1034 00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:05,480 give DC-8 barring possibly the first couple of games where I 1035 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,240 think they were just figuring out a lot of things and there 1036 00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:12,560 were a lot of moving pieces. Once it settled into the like, 1037 00:52:12,560 --> 00:52:15,680 once they got past that hectic week of a lot of games, very 1038 00:52:15,680 --> 00:52:18,600 closely back, they were a solid team. 1039 00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:22,080 And I think one of the biggest things, so for me, the queen 1040 00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:25,680 would be Jimmy also for the fact that she was captain and just 1041 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:30,160 the trust factor in the players. Because if we look at the 1042 00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:32,720 elevens that they chose, after a point, there was consistency in 1043 00:52:32,720 --> 00:52:35,680 the elevens. There was no uncertainty in the 1044 00:52:35,680 --> 00:52:37,800 fact that, OK, maybe this player is not performed, so I'm going 1045 00:52:37,800 --> 00:52:40,960 to switch this player out. We saw that a fair bit with 1046 00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:44,960 someone like RCB or some of the other sides, but I think Jimmy 1047 00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:48,640 on a captaincy front was very happy to say, OK, I'm going to 1048 00:52:48,640 --> 00:52:50,640 back you till the end of the tournament and we'll see how it 1049 00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:53,080 goes. So overall, I think just a shade 1050 00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,400 below RCB 8 is probably what I'd give them. 1051 00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:59,600 Yeah, I I would like to cut 1. Point for them never playing 1052 00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:03,480 Alana King throughout the that's that's. 1053 00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:05,480 A completely different decision, guys. 1054 00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,440 We can't have a podcast without talking about Lakesman, right? 1055 00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:12,280 I mean, I can't believe that Delhi winter, entire season. 1056 00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:15,200 Yeah, yeah, I think because. In the previews. 1057 00:53:15,760 --> 00:53:18,680 My thing was that they're going to have to pick between Laura 1058 00:53:18,680 --> 00:53:21,000 and White or Lizelli right there. 1059 00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:24,240 They can't play both of them and they have to play Alana King. 1060 00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:27,040 But they didn't play Alana King. I guess we were all wrong. 1061 00:53:27,040 --> 00:53:28,960 And they didn't give her a single game as far as I 1062 00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,760 remember, right. It's very interesting because if 1063 00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:33,800 they. Managed to pick Elana King 1064 00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:35,640 somehow. Then that would naturally solve 1065 00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:37,880 your Nikki Prasad problem as well because she'd be pushed 1066 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,720 higher into the order. So maybe that's something for 1067 00:53:40,720 --> 00:53:42,520 them to think about next season. Yeah. 1068 00:53:43,360 --> 00:53:44,720 Yeah, but who do they drop out of? 1069 00:53:45,120 --> 00:53:47,800 Lazelli and Laura. That's a difficult question, 1070 00:53:47,800 --> 00:53:50,440 right? Who's going to keep? 1071 00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:51,680 Depends on that. As well. 1072 00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:53,000 Well, that too. Exactly. 1073 00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:55,720 Yeah. So if they had. 1074 00:53:55,720 --> 00:53:57,440 Sarah Bryce, this wouldn't be a problem. 1075 00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:01,480 No, I'd actually defend. DC on this because a lot of 1076 00:54:01,480 --> 00:54:07,680 things great clearly, but you need lead to keep you need Blvd. 1077 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:11,000 and DC's bowling doesn't make sense without Henry. 1078 00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:16,160 So it just there is it just is. It's it's crazy that a lot of 1079 00:54:16,160 --> 00:54:17,880 key keeps getting teams that don't pick up. 1080 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:21,000 She should come to Bangalore so that we can drop off Abuja 1081 00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,560 Vasagar. But it's nuts. 1082 00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:27,840 I don't know if she's clearly what top five bowlers in the 1083 00:54:27,840 --> 00:54:30,200 world right now. She was devastating on Indian 1084 00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:32,480 pitches during the World Cup 3 months ago. 1085 00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:33,960 I don't know how she doesn't get picked. 1086 00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:36,680 But for DC specifically, I actually do see the logic. 1087 00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,200 But The funny thing is you. Know she might not even start. 1088 00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:45,200 For RCB if you think about it. The thing is, she wasn't even 1089 00:54:45,200 --> 00:54:48,240 picked in the auction. Yeah, I don't know what Betty 1090 00:54:48,240 --> 00:54:49,520 comes back with his. RCB tape. 1091 00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:51,360 She's too consistent. We need more Mavericks. 1092 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:58,320 That's true. Consistency it's it's for boring 1093 00:54:58,320 --> 00:55:02,560 teams. So Speaking of a team that I 1094 00:55:02,560 --> 00:55:07,080 find personally slightly boring compared to the other teams is 1095 00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:09,840 Gujarat Giants. They they finished third. 1096 00:55:09,840 --> 00:55:13,840 They were in the eliminator. I mean, what what is the biggest 1097 00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:17,200 surprise for you about the Gujarat Giants this year? 1098 00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:19,720 Ash Gardner doesn't like herself. 1099 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:22,200 Sorry Pratap, Go. Ahead, Go for it. 1100 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,760 Go for it. It's very annoying to watch. 1101 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:27,120 I think she's the first captain I've. 1102 00:55:27,120 --> 00:55:30,680 Seen like, no, I'm not interested in bowling like 9 out 1103 00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:33,200 of 10 times. I think you've heard experts cry 1104 00:55:33,200 --> 00:55:36,760 about not having bowler captains because they bowl themselves too 1105 00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:39,160 much. And here's Ash Gardner's like, 1106 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:41,400 no, just keep that ball away from me. 1107 00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:44,320 But honestly, just taking a moment, you know, talk about. 1108 00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:46,520 Gujarat Giants, I think the resurgence that they've had 1109 00:55:46,520 --> 00:55:49,880 under Ash Gardner, I'm Michael Slinger, right, has been 1110 00:55:49,880 --> 00:55:51,720 phenomenal. The fact that they're able to, 1111 00:55:51,720 --> 00:55:55,360 you know, make the playoffs, I think even just looking at their 1112 00:55:55,360 --> 00:55:58,520 season, right, they started off with the bank winning those two 1113 00:55:58,520 --> 00:56:01,760 matches versus UP and DC, and then they faced like 3 1114 00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:04,240 consecutive losses. I think I didn't mention it on 1115 00:56:04,240 --> 00:56:06,400 another podcast. It's really similar to how India 1116 00:56:06,400 --> 00:56:08,080 also, you know, started out their World Cup, like winning 1117 00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:09,960 those matches and then, you know, facing 3 losses. 1118 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:13,400 And to come back and win those three games to, you know, have 1119 00:56:13,400 --> 00:56:16,080 destiny, destiny in your own hands and to seal a place in the 1120 00:56:16,080 --> 00:56:18,760 playoffs, right? I think massive credit and I 1121 00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:21,120 think the biggest surprise for Raghujarat was also the 1122 00:56:21,120 --> 00:56:22,440 performance of Sophie Devine, right? 1123 00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:25,080 A lot of people felt why are you spending so much money for her? 1124 00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:26,600 Like, you know, is she like given birth? 1125 00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:29,520 Isn't she past her prime? This is Sophie Devine we're 1126 00:56:29,520 --> 00:56:31,960 talking about. The woman ages like fine wine, 1127 00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:33,560 right? Every single time steps up when 1128 00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:35,640 the team needs it. Again, this is not coming from a 1129 00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:37,760 fan perspective. Just have a look at numbers this 1130 00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:41,520 time around. 2 right was the purple cap holder and you know, 1131 00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:43,960 contributed so much with the bat itself. 1132 00:56:44,240 --> 00:56:45,960 Like Gigi is again, such an interesting team. 1133 00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:48,440 I feel like they consistently back their Indian uncapped 1134 00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:51,760 players or sometimes the experiment doesn't work but the 1135 00:56:51,760 --> 00:56:54,200 times it does, right? You have someone like an Anushka 1136 00:56:54,200 --> 00:56:57,040 Sharma, you have, you know, a Kashmir Gautam, so to say, Bhati 1137 00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,440 Fumali too, right? Ever since her India colour, I 1138 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:02,320 know the performance have just like dipped so badly. 1139 00:57:02,320 --> 00:57:05,080 But then again, she's a player, right, that Gigi sort of gave 1140 00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:08,240 that opportunity to and Kanika Hoja too, right, Although she 1141 00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:10,760 was shuffling a little bit across in that batting order, 1142 00:57:11,160 --> 00:57:13,080 but still right. I'd say that Gigi is one team 1143 00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:15,960 that constantly backs those Indian arm cap players and I 1144 00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:18,440 hope they continue to sort of do that. 1145 00:57:18,720 --> 00:57:21,240 But again, man, it's been that sort of a season for them. 1146 00:57:21,240 --> 00:57:24,560 I thought the eliminator they were like overwhelming favorite, 1147 00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:27,560 so to say, because although Delhi did have that sort of an 1148 00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:29,880 advantage of, you know, winning, they had that momentum in their 1149 00:57:29,880 --> 00:57:32,160 hands. But Gigi sort of fluffed and, 1150 00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:33,680 you know, they lost the plot somewhere there. 1151 00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:37,280 And you could see how the cap, the dugout itself had, like, cut 1152 00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:38,640 out a very sorry figure, it looked like. 1153 00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:42,080 So they were just so dejected in some phases of the match, Right. 1154 00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:45,040 Again, I think experience, we will see them do better. 1155 00:57:45,040 --> 00:57:49,280 But you look at RCB, Delhi and Mumbai, these are teams that 1156 00:57:49,280 --> 00:57:50,760 have like a men's equivalent team. 1157 00:57:50,760 --> 00:57:54,200 But Gigi and UP voters don't have that cultural heritage or 1158 00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:56,480 legacy, so to say, Right. But the fact that Gigi is able 1159 00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:59,400 to carve one for itself, I think speaks volumes. 1160 00:57:59,400 --> 00:58:00,600 Yeah. Yeah. 1161 00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:04,360 And anyone else want to come in? Yeah, just the point you made 1162 00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,120 about. Not being too fascinating with 1163 00:58:06,120 --> 00:58:08,760 them, I'm actually quite curious about that because I thought 1164 00:58:08,760 --> 00:58:10,480 they were very fascinating this year. 1165 00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:13,840 The batting order is very interestingly built. 1166 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:17,200 It's a couple of runners who opened the power play and some 1167 00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:21,120 of that works for them. They've got Ash Garner, who 1168 00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:23,720 basically comes in a three as far as I can remember correctly. 1169 00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:27,000 They've got wired him and Fulmali at the bottom having 1170 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:28,960 fun, and they both, again, very different players. 1171 00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:31,680 Wired him runs more, Fulmali whacks the ball more, but they 1172 00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:37,000 end up playing together. It's yeah, yeah, the Divine 1173 00:58:37,000 --> 00:58:38,160 part. Obviously Divine's awesome, 1174 00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:40,720 especially after that little mental health break. 1175 00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:43,280 She took class here. She's come back ridiculously 1176 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:46,880 good. But yeah, I I'm curious as to 1177 00:58:46,880 --> 00:58:48,960 why you are not more interested in them. 1178 00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:53,800 They have slightly ugly jerseys but apart from that I I think. 1179 00:58:53,800 --> 00:59:00,520 It's just I couldn't understand. I couldn't understand what they 1180 00:59:00,520 --> 00:59:04,320 were. I feel like, you know, in term 1181 00:59:04,320 --> 00:59:09,920 in terms of their batting, I felt like they relied a bit too 1182 00:59:09,920 --> 00:59:12,640 much on having full money come in at the end and whack things 1183 00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:16,840 around a bit. And I don't know if, I mean, she 1184 00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:19,440 had done that a few times last year, but I don't know if she 1185 00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:21,200 she was that consistent for them. 1186 00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:24,320 And in terms of their bowling, like, I never, I thought they 1187 00:59:24,320 --> 00:59:27,320 were a little too reliant on Sophie Devine coming in at the 1188 00:59:27,320 --> 00:59:33,000 end and scaring the opposition. So I didn't quite get I, I 1189 00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:35,120 didn't quite understand how they were winning. 1190 00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:39,280 Like that's, and maybe it's perhaps I didn't watch enough of 1191 00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:40,840 their games. Those were the only games I 1192 00:59:40,840 --> 00:59:43,960 ended up missing because they weren't on the weekends as much. 1193 00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:47,800 And you know, that might just be it, But I just couldn't 1194 00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:50,840 understand what was what got them to the eliminator. 1195 00:59:50,840 --> 00:59:54,760 And perhaps you can you know someone can help me understand 1196 00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:57,120 this? Correct me if I'm wrong but. 1197 00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:00,760 At least with Gujar Giants, they played their power plays really 1198 01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:04,720 well, so most teams would have one really good bowler like 1199 01:00:04,800 --> 01:00:08,680 maybe Delhi Capitals and they were happy to play out that and 1200 01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:11,000 then show that they're not losing a wicket there and 1201 01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:12,480 maximizing against the other bowlers. 1202 01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:17,240 I think your point on how maybe they might have been leaving too 1203 01:00:17,240 --> 01:00:20,560 much for the finishers or maybe too much for certain kinds of 1204 01:00:20,560 --> 01:00:22,720 players is true. But at the same time, I think 1205 01:00:22,720 --> 01:00:25,120 with the pieces they had practically, they made some 1206 01:00:25,120 --> 01:00:28,000 really good decisions and I feel like that's what also got them 1207 01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:32,360 far enough in the tournament. And I think Anushka Sharma is 1208 01:00:32,360 --> 01:00:35,280 also someone to watch out for, although this season she's got 1209 01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:37,440 scores and she looks bloody good. 1210 01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:41,160 Like made through technique or her intent or anything. 1211 01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:45,320 But if you'll see, ultimately what's happened is she's still 1212 01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:47,280 taken time. So she's played some really 1213 01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:50,520 amazing books, but you end up seeing her get run a ball 1214 01:00:50,520 --> 01:00:53,920 innings or stuff like that. So maybe things like that could 1215 01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:57,400 have been where, although it looks good to the eyes, it's 1216 01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:00,880 maybe not work for them. But there's promising signs for 1217 01:01:00,880 --> 01:01:02,840 the seasons to come. Also, because Anushka Sharma's 1218 01:01:02,840 --> 01:01:06,840 game itself will expand. And I think this is a really 1219 01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:09,600 good side. Beth Mooney is going to be on 1220 01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:12,720 top and essentially you would want her to play the entire 1221 01:01:12,720 --> 01:01:18,200 innings going to be kind of player, which is something they 1222 01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:20,280 also got. And so till full Mali was 1223 01:01:20,280 --> 01:01:24,000 getting those knocks towards the end of the innings when she was 1224 01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:27,800 scoring 36 of 19 or knocks like that, it was working really 1225 01:01:27,800 --> 01:01:29,760 well. So the moment those pieces went 1226 01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:32,040 out is when they were possibly facing issues. 1227 01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:34,640 So it's a lot of tweaking that they'll have to do, but 1228 01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:37,080 tactically I think they are a stronger side. 1229 01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:39,440 No, just another point of Anushka. 1230 01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:41,080 Sharma that has nothing to do with the cricket. 1231 01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:45,480 She's a looks like a probably cool player, like in the field 1232 01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:47,120 with her curly hair and the glasses. 1233 01:01:47,120 --> 01:01:51,000 This is an ironic comparison, but it's kind of Virat Kohli 1234 01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:53,560 esque of just I'm in there, I'm talking some shit. 1235 01:01:53,640 --> 01:01:56,480 I'm the young person, but I'd look great and you all are 1236 01:01:56,480 --> 01:01:59,240 idiots and let's just keep going and I'm angry and great and 1237 01:01:59,240 --> 01:02:01,760 let's go. And it's she looks probably 1238 01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:04,840 cool, especially in those dirty orange jerseys. 1239 01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:07,800 She makes her look good. And I'm like, all right, I can. 1240 01:02:08,080 --> 01:02:11,360 That's a player I can, like, compare to a lot of slightly 1241 01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:13,160 boring players that happen to be around the league. 1242 01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:16,320 Yeah, there's just some energy. About her and she's also 1243 01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:20,320 brilliant in the field. I think sadly, it cost her her 1244 01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:22,880 injury, her hand for a couple of games. 1245 01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:25,440 But yeah, like definitely someone. 1246 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:28,640 I'd be surprised if she doesn't play India in the next couple of 1247 01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:31,560 years if she's consistent. Like it just seems like she's 1248 01:02:31,560 --> 01:02:36,840 made the big stage. Any any interesting stats about? 1249 01:02:36,840 --> 01:02:40,800 GG Like perhaps the power play, how they boss the power play. 1250 01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:44,480 Do you have anything? Yeah, I think they were by far 1251 01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:46,000 the best. Power play batters, right? 1252 01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:49,960 Not a bit close. They were like 10-15 runs better 1253 01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,720 than everyone else on average. And they're the only WPL team 1254 01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:55,840 that likes batting first, right? That alone is this. 1255 01:02:55,840 --> 01:02:59,560 That's true that they really enjoy batting first. 1256 01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:03,600 They tend to put up scores that are about 10 to 20 runs higher 1257 01:03:03,600 --> 01:03:06,280 when they're batting first, which is rare for the WPL. 1258 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:10,320 And I think that's a bit where you could slightly see the 1259 01:03:10,320 --> 01:03:15,320 Aussiness, Nash Gardner coming up when she chose to bat 1st and 1260 01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:17,080 was happy when other people, they went to bat first. 1261 01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:18,840 They were like, yeah, we'll just do it and you guys have to catch 1262 01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:20,800 up and it's not my problem in the second innings anymore. 1263 01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:25,480 So I think that was a very interesting part about them, 1264 01:03:25,800 --> 01:03:27,560 Chan. Do you want to come in about 1265 01:03:27,560 --> 01:03:30,400 Gigi? Yeah, I think, you know I 1266 01:03:30,400 --> 01:03:31,920 didn't. Particularly rate them that 1267 01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:34,200 highly coming into the season, when I looked at their team and 1268 01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:37,200 everything, I was like, OK, I, I, what I really felt was they 1269 01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:40,200 were like in one another middle order batter in their team. 1270 01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:42,560 I know there was like, obviously people were talking about 1271 01:03:42,560 --> 01:03:45,200 Anushka Sharma even before the tournament that, you know, she's 1272 01:03:45,200 --> 01:03:47,480 this player who's done really well at the domestic level and 1273 01:03:47,480 --> 01:03:49,600 she is likely to start. Everybody had them. 1274 01:03:50,160 --> 01:03:52,600 Everybody had her in their expected line of cricinfo and 1275 01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:54,440 all. So I think we were expecting to 1276 01:03:54,440 --> 01:03:56,160 see her. But what I was thinking is key, 1277 01:03:56,520 --> 01:04:00,600 You know, Ash Gardner is in at #4, Georgia Wareham is in at #5. 1278 01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:02,880 You probably want them a little later on. 1279 01:04:03,120 --> 01:04:06,240 So that one more batter in the middle and you have a very 1280 01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:08,400 strong batting lineup then with full Millie also coming towards 1281 01:04:08,400 --> 01:04:11,360 the end and Kashmir Gautam also can, you know, hit a few and 1282 01:04:11,360 --> 01:04:13,760 score some runs as a #8 sort of a batter. 1283 01:04:13,760 --> 01:04:17,360 So I feel like that one thing, one piece I felt was missing. 1284 01:04:17,360 --> 01:04:20,320 And obviously Sophie Devine, I think she's over performed in a 1285 01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:23,200 sense where she's also done so well with the ball. 1286 01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:25,200 And obviously she's had a terrific season with the back 1287 01:04:25,200 --> 01:04:27,640 two deserving player of the tournament for sure. 1288 01:04:27,640 --> 01:04:31,200 Won them two games, bowling the last over, but against the Daily 1289 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:36,440 Capitals once again. So that element was there, but I 1290 01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:39,000 don't know for, for some reason, even I find it a bit hard to 1291 01:04:39,000 --> 01:04:41,880 follow Gujarat Giants compared to the other teams because as 1292 01:04:41,880 --> 01:04:44,160 you guys said, right, they have the other teams, the three teams 1293 01:04:44,160 --> 01:04:47,280 that already have a men's team, This thing, right, you naturally 1294 01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:49,920 get a bit more attracted towards them and you want to see those 1295 01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:52,200 teams more. I don't know, maybe it's just 1296 01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:55,240 some sort of a subconscious bias that I have or most of us have 1297 01:04:55,240 --> 01:04:58,480 maybe. But yeah, I with Gigi, I think 1298 01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:00,000 they also it's the orange jerseys. 1299 01:05:00,840 --> 01:05:03,640 And the jerseys, of course. No doubts about that. 1300 01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,440 They they also got Renuka right. And with Renuka Taruta and I 1301 01:05:06,440 --> 01:05:08,960 have been having a discussion for like a year or something. 1302 01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:11,840 She is the best bowler in the world when she's on it, right? 1303 01:05:12,200 --> 01:05:16,800 But she is so, so inconsistent. She's so high variance there. 1304 01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:20,200 She can go for 20 wins and one over or she can take like 2-3 1305 01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:23,480 wickets. So it's just incredible that and 1306 01:05:23,640 --> 01:05:25,680 it's just that RCB game, which you guys remember right, the 1307 01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:28,760 first ever went for what, 20 runs and then RCB somehow 1308 01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:32,160 managed to be 40 or for four. It was just a hilarious game to 1309 01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:35,320 watch and even the final the eliminator that they ended up 1310 01:05:35,320 --> 01:05:37,360 losing right Ash gardeners captaincy. 1311 01:05:37,360 --> 01:05:41,760 You know, maybe in the sense of you know, the fact that they 1312 01:05:41,760 --> 01:05:44,800 were able to come back in in the season and they finished third 1313 01:05:44,800 --> 01:05:46,920 quite comfortably right. I think we have to give a credit 1314 01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:50,120 for that, but at times I felt like she was going too much into 1315 01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:52,880 the matchups, which to be fair, I think I am a fan of matchups 1316 01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:54,240 right. We need matchups in cricket. 1317 01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:57,800 We need informed decision making based on data and you know it 1318 01:05:57,800 --> 01:05:59,640 has to be a bit more granular than just the. 1319 01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:10,320 You can't go to the right hand there with spinners who might be 1320 01:06:10,320 --> 01:06:12,040 worse than that of spinner at a given point. 1321 01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:15,120 Right When we were talking about Herman Freeze and how openly she 1322 01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:17,160 said that. Herman has had the edge over me 1323 01:06:17,160 --> 01:06:19,720 in international cricket as well as in the WPL, which she was 1324 01:06:19,720 --> 01:06:21,360 right about. But then the other left hand 1325 01:06:21,360 --> 01:06:24,000 finger spinners that she was talking about, Harman had 1326 01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:26,840 dominated them even more. So would you not just trust the 1327 01:06:26,840 --> 01:06:28,520 more high quality international world? 1328 01:06:28,800 --> 01:06:30,720 That was something which was a bit, you know, off putting 1329 01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:33,960 through the season, especially in that RCB game, sorry, in that 1330 01:06:33,960 --> 01:06:35,960 Mumbai game and then in the Eliminator as well. 1331 01:06:36,320 --> 01:06:38,800 So I feel like that's something which I will not be able to 1332 01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:41,120 forget that easily. And you know, lots of people 1333 01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:43,520 were saying that Ash Gardner is likely to be the next captain 1334 01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:46,160 now for the Australian team, right? 1335 01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:48,280 But now they didn't give her the captaincy. 1336 01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:52,400 Maybe, you know, this sort of season, I don't know how much of 1337 01:06:52,400 --> 01:06:56,400 A part that played in that, but yeah, I feel like that is 1338 01:06:56,400 --> 01:06:59,480 something she could take a bit more charge for the quality of 1339 01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:01,320 layer that she absolutely is, both with that and all. 1340 01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:04,880 Yeah, that's right, I think. Ash Gardner had an interesting 1341 01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:09,000 season, so I'm going to open this up now. 1342 01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:14,200 I will ask Neha actually and then the others, who do you 1343 01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:19,000 think was the Falguni Pathak of Gujarat Giants, which is the 1344 01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:22,400 absolute good? I think no doubt here my answer 1345 01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:23,400 is going to. Be very obvious. 1346 01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:25,280 It has to be Sophie Devine, right? 1347 01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:29,360 I think time and again she just proves her metal and this season 1348 01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:32,960 was no different. Again, adjectives will fall 1349 01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:36,000 short, you know, sort of describe her impact itself. 1350 01:07:36,360 --> 01:07:38,800 The fact that she's able to churn out performances like this 1351 01:07:38,800 --> 01:07:42,520 consistently is something that I think will augur well, right, 1352 01:07:42,520 --> 01:07:44,760 considering they've invested in her probably for like a 1353 01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:48,200 three-year cycle itself, right, the mega auctions itself and a 1354 01:07:48,200 --> 01:07:51,040 little bit like you feel you was a far former RCV player, you 1355 01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:52,320 know, doing well for another franchise. 1356 01:07:52,320 --> 01:07:54,440 It always, you know, feel nice when you see some of your old 1357 01:07:54,440 --> 01:07:58,480 players do well in that regard. And yeah, the fact that, you 1358 01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:00,800 know, she doesn't play international cricket anymore, 1359 01:08:00,840 --> 01:08:03,840 it's feed up her calendar so much more and just handling all 1360 01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:05,160 of her energy to franchise cricket. 1361 01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:08,000 I think it will just be really good for Gigi itself. 1362 01:08:08,000 --> 01:08:12,040 I think in her the speeches, right, she did after winning the 1363 01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:15,960 purple cap and that MVP 2, she did dimension of the team 1364 01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:19,240 environment being such and the kind of camera she's developed 1365 01:08:19,279 --> 01:08:22,760 with each of the players too, that sort of helped her come up 1366 01:08:22,760 --> 01:08:25,040 with performances like that's just hoping that we get to see a 1367 01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:27,000 lot more of that. So for me, she definitely has to 1368 01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:29,240 be the very obvious thing for this award. 1369 01:08:31,479 --> 01:08:34,120 Is there agreement? From everybody else, yeah, I 1370 01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:37,760 think it sounds about right. My only grouse is. 1371 01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,520 That. My only grouse is that Sophie 1372 01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:44,680 Devine is great all year round and Falguni is only required 1373 01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:50,319 during Navratri. So just that see this is. 1374 01:08:52,120 --> 01:08:57,560 This is very typical MV. So, OK, since since you've come 1375 01:08:57,560 --> 01:09:01,800 in about this, I will ask you what do you think is what do you 1376 01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:05,920 think is Gigi's rating of out of 10 last over finishes by Devine 1377 01:09:06,680 --> 01:09:09,760 6 1/2? That's that's kind of low. 1378 01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:14,000 Interesting. I actually have a higher. 1379 01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:17,479 Than DC, I think just because coming into the season, DC had 1380 01:09:17,479 --> 01:09:20,720 higher expectations and Gigi, I mean, you could hear them after 1381 01:09:20,720 --> 01:09:23,640 they got eliminated. It was a positive elimination. 1382 01:09:23,640 --> 01:09:25,080 But yeah, all right, that happens. 1383 01:09:25,080 --> 01:09:26,479 We'll come back better next year. 1384 01:09:26,479 --> 01:09:27,680 We know each other. We know the team. 1385 01:09:28,160 --> 01:09:30,800 And a little point I want to add to like, Shine brought up as 1386 01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:32,840 well, right? The top three teams already have 1387 01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:34,680 their followings and they're just migrating over. 1388 01:09:35,319 --> 01:09:38,399 I was talking to one of my subscribers today morning who 1389 01:09:38,479 --> 01:09:40,720 was at the game yesterday and has gone for a couple of the 1390 01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:43,760 games in Vadodara and she's not from Gujarat. 1391 01:09:43,760 --> 01:09:45,200 She's flown down there to check it out. 1392 01:09:45,840 --> 01:09:47,720 And she was telling me that it is. 1393 01:09:48,120 --> 01:09:51,720 The games are pretty packed. The stands have got, they've got 1394 01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:54,279 RCB fans and DC fans, but there's a lot of Gujarat fans. 1395 01:09:54,279 --> 01:09:57,000 There's a lot of local families and local women coming in, kids. 1396 01:09:57,000 --> 01:09:59,760 And even she was saying she saw a lot of grandmoms coming in 1397 01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:03,840 like Gujarat giant shirts. So it's it is a little unfair to 1398 01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:08,240 judge them this early on. I think give them 10 years, see 1399 01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:13,680 where they're at in 20-30. Do they end up being ironically 1400 01:10:13,680 --> 01:10:17,760 the DC of the IPL or do they end up being the RCV, right. 1401 01:10:17,760 --> 01:10:19,600 Are they the guys who know how to market themselves? 1402 01:10:19,600 --> 01:10:24,120 Do they not? But yeah, I think this extended 1403 01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:26,520 run where you say, oh, you're to play 10 matches and all five 1404 01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:28,560 teams are going to come and all the big players are going to 1405 01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:30,320 come. It has an impact. 1406 01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:32,640 People want to show up because you go. 1407 01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:34,120 I went for this thing, my friend went for it. 1408 01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:36,320 She said it was great. So I'm going to go tomorrow and 1409 01:10:36,320 --> 01:10:38,240 tickets are cheap and it's not easy. 1410 01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:41,240 The stadium is an hour away from the city because everything in 1411 01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:44,520 India has to be inconvenient. But it is. 1412 01:10:45,800 --> 01:10:50,280 That's how you build audiences. So as much as I hate the fact 1413 01:10:50,280 --> 01:10:54,120 that Bangalore hasn't had a match because RCB decided to 1414 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:58,800 kill some people, it's good that other stadiums get a chance 1415 01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:00,760 right? It's good that Vadodara gets a 1416 01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:03,400 chance to see cricket and top class top class cricket. 1417 01:11:03,680 --> 01:11:05,560 Especially if you have a team that's from the city. 1418 01:11:06,120 --> 01:11:07,920 Wow, I can't believe I have to sidestep. 1419 01:11:07,920 --> 01:11:12,640 That comment and go ahead. We we had you on. 1420 01:11:12,640 --> 01:11:15,400 I remember about the the stadium debacle. 1421 01:11:15,400 --> 01:11:20,240 But yeah, in in the interest of time, I'm going to move on to 1422 01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:24,640 MI. So folks, how did MI just reach 1423 01:11:24,640 --> 01:11:27,880 second last at the table? Like we had pretty high hopes 1424 01:11:27,880 --> 01:11:30,560 from this team. They were largely unchanged. 1425 01:11:32,040 --> 01:11:34,560 They still kept all of their top all around talent. 1426 01:11:34,560 --> 01:11:37,200 Like what? What for them? 1427 01:11:37,880 --> 01:11:39,880 See, I think from Mumbai it. Has to start from the top. 1428 01:11:39,880 --> 01:11:42,040 Right. Their power play, batting, I 1429 01:11:42,040 --> 01:11:44,680 feel like that was the thing that held them back the entire 1430 01:11:44,680 --> 01:11:47,880 season in some ways. And the most interesting thing 1431 01:11:47,880 --> 01:11:49,760 was that they kept changing around it. 1432 01:11:49,960 --> 01:11:52,560 It's not that they let it go and they were not like, you know, 1433 01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:55,080 let's back whoever is there and hopefully it comes off. 1434 01:11:55,400 --> 01:11:58,800 I it felt like they played some 5-6 different opening bandwidth. 1435 01:11:58,800 --> 01:12:01,160 Correct me if I'm wrong. It definitely felt like that. 1436 01:12:01,160 --> 01:12:02,720 I have to go back and look at the numbers. 1437 01:12:02,720 --> 01:12:06,320 But yeah, whatever they tried in early on, it just didn't seem to 1438 01:12:06,320 --> 01:12:08,240 work. Even if you remember the NSB 100 1439 01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:11,600 game, right, they didn't really have a particularly blazing 1440 01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:13,640 start in the power play, right? What they managed to do was 1441 01:12:13,640 --> 01:12:16,240 Haley Matthews didn't get out. So that then, you know, really 1442 01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:19,120 impacted things and then she was able to build that partnership 1443 01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:20,560 with that silver Brunt and so on. 1444 01:12:21,080 --> 01:12:24,240 But I feel like apart from that, Silver Brunt and Herman, Preet 1445 01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:26,440 Kaur with the bat and Sadhana Sidhi and I think she had a 1446 01:12:26,440 --> 01:12:28,160 couple of innings once at the start. 1447 01:12:28,160 --> 01:12:31,160 And then there was also that one partnership between Amelia Kerr 1448 01:12:31,160 --> 01:12:33,480 and Aman Jodhkar. I think in the game where 1449 01:12:33,480 --> 01:12:36,040 against UP where they were playing pretty well, I think 1450 01:12:36,040 --> 01:12:38,440 they were still a bit behind the game, but they didn't put up a 1451 01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:41,200 bad effort at all. They're batting, I feel like 1452 01:12:42,120 --> 01:12:43,360 they didn't have a lot of options. 1453 01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:46,720 Do you know fall back on it just kept it just felt like again and 1454 01:12:46,720 --> 01:12:49,160 again it was the same old players and that one game right 1455 01:12:49,160 --> 01:12:51,800 against the Gujarat Giants were Herman Pritt again as usual. 1456 01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:54,840 She always like she's almost like Bradman against Gujarat 1457 01:12:54,840 --> 01:12:57,400 Giants, right. She obviously she will always 1458 01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:00,080 make runs and she'll make high impact runs and nobody could 1459 01:13:00,080 --> 01:13:03,080 support her this one time they finally lost to them right. 1460 01:13:03,360 --> 01:13:05,840 So I think it just shows the over reliance on those two 1461 01:13:05,840 --> 01:13:07,560 players who are absolutely class players. 1462 01:13:07,840 --> 01:13:12,360 But I don't know, like Mumbai, they were the title winners last 1463 01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:13,920 year, then they didn't change their team. 1464 01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:15,920 So I was rating them very highly coming in. 1465 01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:19,240 I'm also very confused what really went wrong. 1466 01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:22,000 Yeah, I'm probably just doing a dissection. 1467 01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:25,760 Of Mumbai itself so far, when you look at the past three 1468 01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:29,480 seasons, you've had like a certain set of core players, you 1469 01:13:29,480 --> 01:13:31,160 know, who have ensured that they've won. 1470 01:13:31,160 --> 01:13:32,960 I feel like Stratsu just found out, right? 1471 01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:35,160 Because the rest of the players in that playing 11 just go 1472 01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:37,440 underutilized because it's just like the Aussies players, plus 1473 01:13:37,440 --> 01:13:39,240 Harun Preet Kaur, who, you know, do the job for them. 1474 01:13:39,480 --> 01:13:41,640 And yeah, Mumbai is happy they've won two titles and all 1475 01:13:41,680 --> 01:13:43,680 of that. But this season, I think because 1476 01:13:43,680 --> 01:13:46,760 of those players, you know, not really stepping up as much as 1477 01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:49,280 they did in the past seasons, it really came to the fore, right? 1478 01:13:49,800 --> 01:13:52,160 And the fact that they lost to UP Warriors twice in a row, I 1479 01:13:52,160 --> 01:13:53,920 think that was like the final nail in the coffin. 1480 01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:56,560 Said this is like not being disrespectful to UP Warriors. 1481 01:13:56,840 --> 01:13:59,360 But then I think Mumbai really, really lost the plot there 1482 01:13:59,360 --> 01:14:02,400 because those two losses against UP Warriors coming back-to-back 1483 01:14:02,400 --> 01:14:05,680 in the span of like 2 days and then losing to Delhi as well, it 1484 01:14:05,760 --> 01:14:07,760 really meant things were, you know, sort of going out of 1485 01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:09,920 control. 1 positive definitely has to be. 1486 01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:11,840 I mean, Harmanpreet Kaur, the fact that she was in the 1487 01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:14,600 reckoning for the Orange cap for like a great chunk of the season 1488 01:14:14,600 --> 01:14:17,320 was scoring runs at will, you know, in spite of all the 1489 01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:20,360 musical chairs experimentation that was happening with that, 1490 01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:24,760 you know, opening door itself, like she really emerged as a 1491 01:14:24,760 --> 01:14:26,520 positive. But after a point, it just felt 1492 01:14:26,520 --> 01:14:29,040 like, you know, things were out of Mumbai's control and it 1493 01:14:29,040 --> 01:14:30,600 looked like a very deflated unit. 1494 01:14:30,920 --> 01:14:32,880 Herman too, right? Usually see her very aggressive 1495 01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:34,480 in this and that. But I think after the World Cup, 1496 01:14:34,480 --> 01:14:36,480 when she's like kind of tempered down a little bit, you see a 1497 01:14:36,480 --> 01:14:38,200 very different version of her. It's like, you know, there's 1498 01:14:38,200 --> 01:14:41,280 this whole weight of the world. It's off her shoulders. 1499 01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:43,720 Again, not sure how the players inside the setup are reacting to 1500 01:14:43,720 --> 01:14:46,440 Barry was seeing such a calm Herman the one time I did see 1501 01:14:46,440 --> 01:14:50,560 her really angry boss, probably at a in that RCB game itself or 1502 01:14:50,560 --> 01:14:52,600 like I'm sure I or was it another game? 1503 01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:54,680 Not sure. But All in all, just something 1504 01:14:54,680 --> 01:14:56,160 really didn't work out well for MI. 1505 01:14:56,160 --> 01:14:59,200 And the fact that, you know, like a lot of their frailties 1506 01:14:59,200 --> 01:15:01,440 did come to the foot. I think just meant, you know, 1507 01:15:01,440 --> 01:15:03,720 the season was always going to be difficult and things were 1508 01:15:03,720 --> 01:15:06,360 going to be out of their hand. We like. 1509 01:15:06,360 --> 01:15:07,880 It's also a problem of plenty. Right. 1510 01:15:07,880 --> 01:15:11,880 Because you spoke about the core and how the core is essentially 1511 01:15:11,880 --> 01:15:14,840 all rounder. So every player who has who has 1512 01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:18,800 been a core for them, Amanjot Kaur and as we Haley Matthews, 1513 01:15:18,800 --> 01:15:20,600 they've all been bowlers and batters. 1514 01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:24,000 And because of the fact that Haley Matthews was injured to 1515 01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:27,480 begin with, it sort of send them in a frenzy because it was not 1516 01:15:27,480 --> 01:15:30,080 their set template that they usually start off the season 1517 01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:31,680 with or have throughout the season anyways. 1518 01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:35,800 Interestingly, they anyways found Nicola Carey who's going 1519 01:15:35,800 --> 01:15:38,040 to be someone who they're going to keep for a while. 1520 01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:42,720 But it's essentially that now because of how much a certain 1521 01:15:42,720 --> 01:15:46,240 players are being utilized or under utilized, it dies back in 1522 01:15:46,240 --> 01:15:48,000 with Nehant Arotha's points as well. 1523 01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,280 So yeah, it's it's really tricky. 1524 01:15:50,280 --> 01:15:54,000 And because of this, your players, if you think about it 1525 01:15:54,000 --> 01:15:57,760 from a psychological standpoint, a lot of these players might 1526 01:15:57,760 --> 01:16:00,320 lose confidence or might not feel confident in their 1527 01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:04,400 abilities because obviously you're not going to be as good 1528 01:16:04,400 --> 01:16:06,360 starting out, especially uncapped Indian players as 1529 01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:08,240 compared to some of these great all rounders. 1530 01:16:08,240 --> 01:16:11,240 So at what point do you get that opportunity? 1531 01:16:11,240 --> 01:16:14,520 So even someone like a Kamalini, she started off the first game 1532 01:16:14,520 --> 01:16:16,880 was good, she got a decent start, and then she kind of 1533 01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:18,240 faulted off for a couple of games. 1534 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:21,320 But if you're picking someone who's that young and if you've 1535 01:16:21,320 --> 01:16:24,120 given her that kind of responsibility, at least, I 1536 01:16:24,120 --> 01:16:27,440 think even as a management or as a captain, it sort of becomes 1537 01:16:27,440 --> 01:16:31,920 your duty to at least give them one leg so that you can fully 1538 01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:34,880 either rule them out or just give them the entire season. 1539 01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:37,640 Be like, OK, we understand you're just 17 years of age. 1540 01:16:37,640 --> 01:16:39,360 You're going to take your time and you're going to develop. 1541 01:16:39,360 --> 01:16:43,520 So because what happens now is they've dropped coming in mid 1542 01:16:43,520 --> 01:16:46,000 season, they've possibly faked an injury as well. 1543 01:16:46,000 --> 01:16:47,800 We don't know what the situation with that is. 1544 01:16:48,120 --> 01:16:52,080 And so coming even into the next season, she's she's probably 1545 01:16:52,080 --> 01:16:54,800 going to question her spot, even if she has a couple of good 1546 01:16:54,800 --> 01:16:56,640 innings. Is that good enough for her? 1547 01:16:56,640 --> 01:16:59,800 So it's a lot of this like I think it comes down to how they 1548 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:03,320 manage their players and it will also be interesting because 1549 01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:07,360 their all rounders are also becoming are coming closer to 1550 01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:10,400 the ends of their careers. So because of the fact that 1551 01:17:10,400 --> 01:17:12,760 they're investing in newer players, Aminder Kaur is an all 1552 01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:15,720 rounder and all of these. So how do you ensure that you're 1553 01:17:16,160 --> 01:17:19,080 transitioning properly? So that's also another thing. 1554 01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:24,080 Why do they want the same? Player to play in both the 1555 01:17:24,080 --> 01:17:25,960 innings. Like I understand, like all 1556 01:17:25,960 --> 01:17:29,200 rounders, there's a there's a huge space for all rounders and 1557 01:17:29,200 --> 01:17:30,720 they have some of the best all rounders. 1558 01:17:31,120 --> 01:17:35,400 But it just seems like if you lose an all rounder, like you 1559 01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:38,760 said, it's very difficult to fill those shoes, right. 1560 01:17:38,760 --> 01:17:40,840 It's very difficult to build your squad around it. 1561 01:17:41,120 --> 01:17:43,080 So Hayley Matthews, they really missed her. 1562 01:17:43,080 --> 01:17:45,720 It upset the balance of the team when they didn't have her. 1563 01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:49,520 You know, a word on their all rounders. 1564 01:17:49,720 --> 01:17:54,080 Anyone else wants to come in? I mean, it's like you. 1565 01:17:54,080 --> 01:17:58,520 Said right, the women's game is still at the point where 100 and 1566 01:17:58,520 --> 01:18:02,480 8200 is considered a good score. So all rounders are a useful 1567 01:18:02,760 --> 01:18:05,000 thing to have where you don't even have complete specialists. 1568 01:18:05,480 --> 01:18:07,920 And it doesn't help that they're all rounders are also 1569 01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:11,280 specialists. Like NSB is top 10 batters, top 1570 01:18:11,280 --> 01:18:15,040 five batters in the world. Amila Kurt is the best spinner 1571 01:18:15,040 --> 01:18:17,240 in the world in my opinion. At least top three. 1572 01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:18,800 I don't think anyone disagree with that. 1573 01:18:19,720 --> 01:18:23,320 Hailey Matthews, same thing up there, Top five all rounders in 1574 01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:26,280 the world for sure, but top five batters also, I would argue top 1575 01:18:26,280 --> 01:18:29,640 five bowlers from an all rounder perspective. 1576 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:32,520 So it's not like they're taking bits and pieces places and 1577 01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:34,320 saying, oh, you've got to do everything on both ends of the 1578 01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:35,440 ball. They're taking the best all 1579 01:18:35,440 --> 01:18:38,320 rounders and shoving them in. And as Pratham said, they had 1580 01:18:38,320 --> 01:18:40,880 the problem of too many all rounders, right? 1581 01:18:40,880 --> 01:18:43,600 It's not like they could play all five of their overseas 1582 01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:45,440 players. They would have, I had a lot of 1583 01:18:45,440 --> 01:18:48,320 different problems, right? I think Neha wrote a piece for 1584 01:18:48,320 --> 01:18:51,120 us in the season about how they kept persisting with Sajna at 1585 01:18:51,120 --> 01:18:53,080 the top, which was just made no sense. 1586 01:18:53,200 --> 01:18:54,960 So she's not an opener, she's a finisher. 1587 01:18:55,160 --> 01:18:58,800 You can't ask her to open. She also made a point earlier in 1588 01:18:58,800 --> 01:19:02,920 this podcast about how the other teams, the good teams use their 1589 01:19:02,920 --> 01:19:04,800 local players. Am I just didn't? 1590 01:19:04,800 --> 01:19:07,680 And I think that's a shift that we've not talked about on the 1591 01:19:07,680 --> 01:19:11,640 spot in this season, whatever of how the tactic of using your 1592 01:19:11,640 --> 01:19:15,160 local players has become far more important versus Mumbai had 1593 01:19:15,160 --> 01:19:18,600 largely won and even RCB in 20241 off the back of their 1594 01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,600 foreign players and one or two Indian players. 1595 01:19:22,120 --> 01:19:26,520 So that tactically shifted. But all that being said, I think 1596 01:19:26,520 --> 01:19:29,880 the simplest answer for why Mia lost is that you don't drop 1597 01:19:30,600 --> 01:19:32,760 Ismail. The moment they dropped Ismail, 1598 01:19:33,400 --> 01:19:36,400 it throws off your entire team. You cannot drop the best bowler 1599 01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,960 in the WPL. It just it's not close. 1600 01:19:39,080 --> 01:19:41,920 Like it's not. I would compare it to RCB 1601 01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:43,200 dropping Bell but Ismail is better. 1602 01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:46,160 Like it's not. You just don't drop as well. 1603 01:19:46,600 --> 01:19:50,800 It's pure karma at that point. They also dropped Kerr once. 1604 01:19:51,200 --> 01:19:54,160 For a game in Vadodara, not less so. 1605 01:19:56,200 --> 01:20:01,920 My God, I couldn't believe it. So Dan, you wanna make a quick 1606 01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:04,160 note about MI and then we can go to the ratings. 1607 01:20:04,680 --> 01:20:06,520 Yeah, I think I feel like another. 1608 01:20:06,520 --> 01:20:08,920 Interesting thing for them was that Hayley Matthews was a very 1609 01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:10,400 impactful power play bowler for them. 1610 01:20:10,560 --> 01:20:12,360 If we go back and look at the last three seasons. 1611 01:20:12,360 --> 01:20:14,120 Right. So I just have the numbers in 1612 01:20:14,120 --> 01:20:16,480 front of me. She had taken 16 wickets in 1613 01:20:16,480 --> 01:20:20,960 what, 42 overs? No, not even 4232 overs. 1614 01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:24,600 Yeah, exactly. So in 32 overs in the power play 1615 01:20:24,600 --> 01:20:27,760 in the last three seasons she had taken 16 wickets and only in 1616 01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:30,040 the last season she went for a few runs, she went for ten runs 1617 01:20:30,040 --> 01:20:32,000 and over. But before that her economy was 1618 01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:35,040 6.44 and 5.7. Now this season she only bowls 1619 01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:37,400 in the power play in three innings and she goes for three 1620 01:20:37,400 --> 01:20:41,640 for 56 and five overs. So I feel like that is one place 1621 01:20:41,640 --> 01:20:44,960 where it is a bit of a difference because I think an 1622 01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:47,040 off spinner giving you some overs in the power play, that 1623 01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:49,560 was a pretty handy thing that they had and she could also hold 1624 01:20:49,560 --> 01:20:51,320 those random bounces out of nowhere, right? 1625 01:20:51,520 --> 01:20:54,920 So I feel like maybe her not performing to the level that she 1626 01:20:54,920 --> 01:20:57,640 was in the previous seasons played a bit of a role, 1627 01:20:59,080 --> 01:21:00,600 especially when we're talking about the all rounder. 1628 01:21:00,600 --> 01:21:03,120 Then another thing that we've mentioned before is that Amelia 1629 01:21:03,120 --> 01:21:04,960 Curse batting has regressed a bit, right? 1630 01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:08,320 And they decided to throw her and open throw her to open the 1631 01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:10,200 innings right. And that didn't seem to work at 1632 01:21:10,200 --> 01:21:12,520 all because she was she just kept dotting up. 1633 01:21:12,520 --> 01:21:14,840 She it was not really, I feel like her thing. 1634 01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:17,920 And we've seen her decline in even in the ODIs in women's 1635 01:21:17,920 --> 01:21:19,880 cricket, right. You can see that her strikers 1636 01:21:19,880 --> 01:21:21,280 are not really at the same level anymore. 1637 01:21:21,280 --> 01:21:24,280 She's not that same quality of a batter perhaps that she was 1638 01:21:24,280 --> 01:21:26,880 when, you know, I think when she made that double 100 when she 1639 01:21:26,880 --> 01:21:30,000 was like, what, 17 or 18 years old and everybody was, you know, 1640 01:21:30,000 --> 01:21:32,760 very excited that oh, she she's going to be an absolute 1641 01:21:32,760 --> 01:21:35,000 superstar, which should be fair. She is, she is one of the best 1642 01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:37,200 players in the world even now, especially with the ball. 1643 01:21:37,200 --> 01:21:39,440 Undoubtedly I agree with the rutor now you know, she's the 1644 01:21:39,440 --> 01:21:43,120 best spinner in the world, but her batting not holding up as 1645 01:21:43,120 --> 01:21:45,400 well. Perhaps it just what all this 1646 01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:47,120 did was it caused balance issues for them. 1647 01:21:47,120 --> 01:21:50,200 Like to the point that says they had to drop 7 in this smile, 1648 01:21:50,200 --> 01:21:51,560 which doesn't really make any sense. 1649 01:21:51,800 --> 01:21:54,240 And they essentially had five very good overseas options. 1650 01:21:54,400 --> 01:21:57,000 They just had to keep picking between those and I feel like 1651 01:21:57,000 --> 01:21:58,680 those run up for best of cricket. 1652 01:21:58,680 --> 01:22:01,320 He did a very good piece actually on their all rounders 1653 01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:03,800 and he was, you know, sort of computing their impact and 1654 01:22:03,800 --> 01:22:05,520 everything. I think if somebody wants to 1655 01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:09,080 read about the all rounders and their impact for maintenance, 1656 01:22:09,080 --> 01:22:10,400 that's a really good place to start. 1657 01:22:11,120 --> 01:22:13,200 I'm gonna bring you in, Pratik. What do you think was? 1658 01:22:13,600 --> 01:22:17,160 MI's rating out of 10 Amila Kurt leg bricks. 1659 01:22:17,880 --> 01:22:24,560 It was a bit of a googly. To be fair, probably give it 5-5 1660 01:22:24,560 --> 01:22:26,560 or six. I mean, with that squad, if 1661 01:22:26,560 --> 01:22:29,680 you're not winning the WPL, it is a bit of a shocker. 1662 01:22:29,680 --> 01:22:33,280 So yeah, five, yeah. Do you think? 1663 01:22:33,280 --> 01:22:37,200 The game is just progressed beyond MI's current, you know, 1664 01:22:37,280 --> 01:22:39,800 strategy in terms of how they build their team. 1665 01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:44,880 If you look at. Friends and how women's 1666 01:22:44,880 --> 01:22:48,440 treatment is have progressed. You can definitely start to see 1667 01:22:48,520 --> 01:22:52,080 that scores are getting bigger and if anything, all rounders 1668 01:22:52,080 --> 01:22:55,360 make a lot more sense now. So I won't say it's probably 1669 01:22:55,360 --> 01:22:58,400 just a template thing and a confusion thing because every 1670 01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:00,760 team would love to have the luxury of the kind of all 1671 01:23:00,760 --> 01:23:04,920 rounders that home Indians has. Another thing is also maybe 1672 01:23:04,920 --> 01:23:08,920 they're not the most explosive set of all rounders. 1673 01:23:08,920 --> 01:23:12,760 Like, would you rather trade one of the all rounders with someone 1674 01:23:12,760 --> 01:23:16,320 who can really dunk the ball because there is no designated 1675 01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:18,000 finisher? Like everyone can come in and 1676 01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:21,360 possibly do a job, but do you have someone like Richard Bush? 1677 01:23:21,480 --> 01:23:24,320 That's just something that I can think of at the moment. 1678 01:23:25,040 --> 01:23:28,320 Of course, you have natural Brand who can really go for it. 1679 01:23:28,320 --> 01:23:29,640 You have Hailey Matthews who can. 1680 01:23:30,080 --> 01:23:34,480 So yeah, it's a tricky one, but still all rounder supreme for 1681 01:23:34,480 --> 01:23:36,760 me. I think it's AI think it's a 1682 01:23:36,760 --> 01:23:39,320 valid. Point but you shouldn't 1683 01:23:39,320 --> 01:23:41,640 discount. Am I just randomly getting the 1684 01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:45,160 best all rounder in an auction with nobody else bidding for 1685 01:23:45,160 --> 01:23:48,320 them? Like it'll just suddenly happen? 1686 01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:50,720 I had a question about who is the. 1687 01:23:51,040 --> 01:23:54,440 Neeta Bhabhi. Sorry, the Wall Street bet of 1688 01:23:54,440 --> 01:23:59,360 the team? I think so. 1689 01:23:59,840 --> 01:24:03,640 What's who's the greatest Wall Street bet in this in this team? 1690 01:24:04,480 --> 01:24:08,760 I'm going to say Kamalini. Purely for the fact that they're 1691 01:24:08,760 --> 01:24:10,960 gonna stick with her for the long run. 1692 01:24:11,640 --> 01:24:13,680 You're talking about whose stock is low right now that we. 1693 01:24:13,680 --> 01:24:16,400 Think is gonna go up someone whose stock is low? 1694 01:24:16,840 --> 01:24:19,080 Yeah. We can interpret it this way. 1695 01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:21,360 I'll probably take this one and go with. 1696 01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:24,400 Vaishnavi Sharma, right, coming in as a replacement late in the 1697 01:24:24,400 --> 01:24:26,360 season. I know we didn't see a lot of 1698 01:24:26,360 --> 01:24:29,280 exploits with the ball for her, but I think she's definitely one 1699 01:24:29,400 --> 01:24:31,640 for the future, right? A very interesting signing there 1700 01:24:31,640 --> 01:24:34,640 that didn't happen mid season. And the fact that she's been 1701 01:24:34,640 --> 01:24:37,120 doing well, right, right through age group cricket, you know, in 1702 01:24:37,120 --> 01:24:40,560 domestic cricket as well as an under 19 champion too. 1703 01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:43,720 I think like in the Mumbai stable, she will like grow and 1704 01:24:43,720 --> 01:24:47,080 develop a lot, will pay for India also for a lot of yours, 1705 01:24:47,080 --> 01:24:48,720 right? So I think she's one investment. 1706 01:24:48,840 --> 01:24:50,640 You know, that the season probably we didn't see a lot, 1707 01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:53,080 but going ahead has a lot of potential. 1708 01:24:53,760 --> 01:24:59,040 Yeah, that's right. OK, let's go to the the team 1709 01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:01,320 that's at the bottom of the table for the second collective 1710 01:25:02,000 --> 01:25:05,600 here. They're yes, bad shit, crazy. 1711 01:25:06,040 --> 01:25:09,800 I don't know what else to talk about this team, the UP Warriors 1712 01:25:09,800 --> 01:25:13,520 guys, what what are they doing? What's what's going on here? 1713 01:25:13,640 --> 01:25:19,280 And they accidentally built. A slightly average ODIDI don't 1714 01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:24,200 really know what this foster construction is if none of it 1715 01:25:24,200 --> 01:25:25,360 makes. Sense like to. 1716 01:25:26,280 --> 01:25:29,640 You know Indian marquee players at the old and Deepti who are 1717 01:25:29,640 --> 01:25:31,960 good players, but they are ODI players. 1718 01:25:31,960 --> 01:25:33,760 And there are some people who tell you the old is not even an 1719 01:25:33,760 --> 01:25:36,320 ODI player. Some people on this podcast who 1720 01:25:36,320 --> 01:25:40,440 have fought with a lot and I don't. 1721 01:25:40,760 --> 01:25:42,240 Yeah, I think that's the basic thing. 1722 01:25:42,240 --> 01:25:46,520 I don't know what this team is. 01 point that we should make 1723 01:25:46,520 --> 01:25:51,360 that really stands out is Eccleston has been terrible. 1724 01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:57,800 Like, for someone who was widely credited as the best bowler, 1725 01:25:57,800 --> 01:26:00,840 forget spinner, the best bowler in the world, truly terrible. 1726 01:26:00,960 --> 01:26:03,760 And if you look at the stats year on year, first year was 1727 01:26:03,760 --> 01:26:05,840 incredible, right? It was the Eccleston we all 1728 01:26:05,840 --> 01:26:08,600 expect. It's been declining quite 1729 01:26:08,600 --> 01:26:12,000 rapidly, both her wicket taking and her economy and I think she 1730 01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:14,760 covered it up a little bit last year with some batting 1731 01:26:14,760 --> 01:26:19,120 performances down the order. But the bowling has become not 1732 01:26:19,120 --> 01:26:21,800 just average, come below average, but you can't bowl or 4 1733 01:26:21,800 --> 01:26:25,200 overs a game. So I think that's a big one that 1734 01:26:25,200 --> 01:26:26,720 they've missed on or she's missed on. 1735 01:26:26,720 --> 01:26:27,600 I don't know what's happening then. 1736 01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:30,120 Maybe it's just a bad year, but the rest of the team doesn't 1737 01:26:30,120 --> 01:26:31,240 make sense. I don't. 1738 01:26:31,680 --> 01:26:33,120 It feels like they're short on everything. 1739 01:26:33,120 --> 01:26:34,960 I don't know how you manage that. 1740 01:26:35,560 --> 01:26:36,360 Shikha Pandey. What? 1741 01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:38,840 2.4 crores for Shikha Pandey. What was the point of that? 1742 01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:41,360 Like you can. It's just yeah, I don't 1743 01:26:41,360 --> 01:26:44,320 understand this team at all. And I think when you look at UV 1744 01:26:44,320 --> 01:26:45,120 Warriors. Itself a. 1745 01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:47,920 Lot can also be attributed to their auction strategy itself, 1746 01:26:47,920 --> 01:26:50,680 right you're trying to build an entire squad around Shweta 1747 01:26:50,680 --> 01:26:52,160 Sherawat. Now, again, you're taking a punt 1748 01:26:52,160 --> 01:26:54,560 on a massive player. Like, honestly, it didn't make 1749 01:26:54,560 --> 01:26:56,360 that much sense. Like, obviously Shweta Sherawat 1750 01:26:56,360 --> 01:26:58,600 does have potential, but trying to build a squad around her, 1751 01:26:58,600 --> 01:27:01,080 it's not actually that marquee or, you know, some player that, 1752 01:27:01,640 --> 01:27:04,640 you know, team, the senior team hasn't taken into account. 1753 01:27:04,640 --> 01:27:08,120 And even with Abhishek Nayar, right, I felt like most of the 1754 01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:10,880 time when he's addressing, you know, the journals in press 1755 01:27:10,880 --> 01:27:13,160 conferences, he just seem like clueless, right? 1756 01:27:13,160 --> 01:27:15,560 He's like, I'm not able to pinpoint like, what went wrong 1757 01:27:15,560 --> 01:27:18,080 for UP Warriors. We as armchair critics are able 1758 01:27:18,080 --> 01:27:20,160 to do that, but you as a coach are not. 1759 01:27:20,440 --> 01:27:21,840 I don't know. I just found it extremely 1760 01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:23,560 baffling. And you're not taking 1761 01:27:23,560 --> 01:27:26,080 accountability for that. Probably the highest for UP 1762 01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:28,600 Warriors this season was the fact that they were able to get 1763 01:27:28,600 --> 01:27:31,520 those wins against, you know, already struggling Mumbai 1764 01:27:31,520 --> 01:27:34,440 Indians unit. And I think the other thing that 1765 01:27:34,480 --> 01:27:36,320 UP Warriors thought was the moment you have someone like a 1766 01:27:36,320 --> 01:27:37,760 Meg Lanning, you're going to start winning. 1767 01:27:37,760 --> 01:27:40,880 But again, what are the rest of the other ten players going to 1768 01:27:40,880 --> 01:27:42,680 do, right? Meg Lanning alone cannot win new 1769 01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:44,600 games. Abhishek Nair also brought in 1770 01:27:44,600 --> 01:27:48,680 this point of he felt that the campaign went like a little all 1771 01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:51,160 over the place after they lost a Phoebe Litchfield itself. 1772 01:27:51,160 --> 01:27:53,080 Like, again, how could you just take one player and be like how 1773 01:27:53,080 --> 01:27:57,000 the moment she, you know, was injured, our campaign just went 1774 01:27:57,000 --> 01:27:59,720 into jeopardy. I'm not sure how these are like 1775 01:27:59,800 --> 01:28:02,360 logical reasons in that sense. I felt like the score 1776 01:28:02,360 --> 01:28:04,480 construction was still better than their previous season. 1777 01:28:04,480 --> 01:28:06,880 They had like, you know, a sense of like bowling. 1778 01:28:06,880 --> 01:28:08,720 There was there was some bowlers that he would actually look at 1779 01:28:08,720 --> 01:28:11,280 and be like, oh, this is what constitutes their bowling. 1780 01:28:11,760 --> 01:28:14,280 But All in all, it just I don't know, like the some of all parts 1781 01:28:14,280 --> 01:28:17,760 just didn't add up for them and a very, very forgettable season 1782 01:28:17,840 --> 01:28:21,280 wouldn't spoon holders yet again, the kind of initiatives 1783 01:28:21,280 --> 01:28:23,560 that up Boris does off the field, you know, sometimes 1784 01:28:23,640 --> 01:28:27,120 really captures my attention more more than their on field 1785 01:28:27,120 --> 01:28:29,000 exploits. Again, not to be disrespectful 1786 01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:32,640 but I hope they take a lot of learnings from the season and 1787 01:28:32,640 --> 01:28:35,520 Abhishek Nair as the coach who himself admitted that he hasn't 1788 01:28:35,520 --> 01:28:39,200 worked with women's teams in the past and has no idea, can get 1789 01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:42,000 some insight from the season first hand itself. 1790 01:28:42,640 --> 01:28:44,320 Kratik, do you wanna come in? Who? 1791 01:28:44,520 --> 01:28:48,560 The UP worries. Has been an interesting season, 1792 01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:52,480 I think up top with Kiran Navgiri just not firing in any 1793 01:28:52,480 --> 01:28:55,240 game at all. That's pretty sad. 1794 01:28:55,280 --> 01:28:58,520 And and she's she's someone who's had the reputation of 1795 01:28:58,600 --> 01:29:01,520 being such an explosive player in the domestic circuit. 1796 01:29:01,520 --> 01:29:03,040 She's broken records of all types. 1797 01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:06,240 So right from the top, that's something that didn't work. 1798 01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:09,320 And you're losing Litchfield halfway through the tournament 1799 01:29:09,320 --> 01:29:10,720 is also something to think about. 1800 01:29:11,200 --> 01:29:14,560 But even more interestingly, when their opening combination 1801 01:29:14,560 --> 01:29:18,680 with Navgiri at least was not working and they tried the over, 1802 01:29:18,680 --> 01:29:21,600 they tried DP Sharma. Why not just have Lichfield open 1803 01:29:21,600 --> 01:29:23,480 the batting? It's it's something she's done 1804 01:29:23,480 --> 01:29:26,800 in the ODI World Cup. She has a fellow Australian on 1805 01:29:26,800 --> 01:29:29,240 the other side. It would have complemented 1806 01:29:29,240 --> 01:29:31,560 Lanning style of play, where Lanning likes to take a little 1807 01:29:31,560 --> 01:29:35,160 bit of time and bat through again the entire innings, be an 1808 01:29:35,160 --> 01:29:36,960 anchor. And Lichfield, you know, is 1809 01:29:36,960 --> 01:29:40,440 going to explode anyway. So I feel like those are some 1810 01:29:40,440 --> 01:29:43,880 really basic things that they could have done so much better. 1811 01:29:44,200 --> 01:29:47,120 Push Navgiri down to where she was a lot more comfortable, 1812 01:29:47,200 --> 01:29:49,200 possibly have her come in as a finisher even. 1813 01:29:49,600 --> 01:29:53,520 So the biggest disappointment is that because if you look at the 1814 01:29:53,520 --> 01:29:56,880 power players, they've somehow managed to be the team that has 1815 01:29:56,880 --> 01:29:59,520 lost the least wickets in the power play period. 1816 01:30:00,120 --> 01:30:03,080 But it doesn't help because they barely strike at anything. 1817 01:30:03,080 --> 01:30:06,440 So right from the start, if you're not setting the tone 1818 01:30:06,440 --> 01:30:09,080 well, and even Shikha Pandey with the ball, for example, 1819 01:30:09,560 --> 01:30:13,200 you've spent so many of your team's resources on getting this 1820 01:30:13,200 --> 01:30:15,560 one player. And when she doesn't fire, it 1821 01:30:15,560 --> 01:30:19,200 suddenly becomes a huge issue. So it's some of these things. 1822 01:30:19,920 --> 01:30:21,560 Yeah. See Shan with the UP. 1823 01:30:21,560 --> 01:30:22,960 Warriors. I feel like it's a bit 1824 01:30:22,960 --> 01:30:24,560 interesting. Because coming into the season, 1825 01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:27,840 I, I was somehow rating them very highly because I thought 1826 01:30:27,840 --> 01:30:30,440 they had lots of players in different roles and specifically 1827 01:30:30,440 --> 01:30:33,360 their spin bowling, I thought that it is possibly going to be 1828 01:30:33,360 --> 01:30:35,080 a game changer. But right now, if we just look 1829 01:30:35,080 --> 01:30:39,200 at the numbers, their spinners average 37.5, which is the worst 1830 01:30:39,360 --> 01:30:42,080 in the league. And they had an economy of 8.7, 1831 01:30:42,320 --> 01:30:44,520 which is sort of middle of the table. 1832 01:30:44,520 --> 01:30:47,080 But you know, their spinners are just not taking any wickets. 1833 01:30:47,240 --> 01:30:49,480 And it's not like they were stopping the runs or, you know, 1834 01:30:49,480 --> 01:30:52,520 having an impact in terms of being more conservative with the 1835 01:30:52,520 --> 01:30:54,400 ball. That did not happen. 1836 01:30:54,400 --> 01:30:57,320 So one thing was that spinners completely fell apart. 1837 01:30:57,320 --> 01:31:00,200 They had a Christian, they had Chloe Tran, they had Deepti 1838 01:31:00,200 --> 01:31:02,520 Sharma, I mean they had Pasha Subhan. 1839 01:31:02,520 --> 01:31:05,240 I thought they had so many options would why are they going 1840 01:31:05,240 --> 01:31:09,760 to be a they have, they have, you know, spin bowling choices 1841 01:31:09,760 --> 01:31:11,320 with them. And then when we talk about the 1842 01:31:11,320 --> 01:31:14,760 batting, I felt that, you know, if Navgiri can give those high, 1843 01:31:15,000 --> 01:31:17,560 high intensity quick starts that we know that she has the 1844 01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:20,160 capability to do right, a bit like Shefali perhaps. 1845 01:31:20,160 --> 01:31:23,080 So I was thinking that could, you know, work really well for 1846 01:31:23,080 --> 01:31:26,360 them at the start with Lichfield coming in at #3 or even #4. 1847 01:31:26,920 --> 01:31:29,800 So I think Navgiri completely not performing, I think has, you 1848 01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:31,760 know, played a big role in this and their spinners 1849 01:31:31,760 --> 01:31:34,920 underperforming because I don't, I think completely agree with 1850 01:31:34,920 --> 01:31:38,080 the other panel members here who completely didn't seem to rate 1851 01:31:38,120 --> 01:31:40,880 UP all that much. I I just felt that OK, they have 1852 01:31:40,880 --> 01:31:44,720 lots of different players in various roles who, you know, can 1853 01:31:44,880 --> 01:31:46,840 do a good job. And Litchfield, we know, is a 1854 01:31:46,840 --> 01:31:49,680 very, you know, the sort of player who can be really 1855 01:31:49,680 --> 01:31:53,080 impactful in the power play, but also because of the variety of 1856 01:31:53,080 --> 01:31:55,160 shots that she has, she's also really impactful through the 1857 01:31:55,160 --> 01:31:57,880 middle overs. I thought that even if, you 1858 01:31:57,880 --> 01:32:00,160 know, she could take up a #4 role that could have, you know, 1859 01:32:00,160 --> 01:32:03,280 played a bit of a part in, you know, stabilizing their middle 1860 01:32:03,280 --> 01:32:06,360 order a bit with Nogarian lining doing well in the Parkway. 1861 01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:08,840 But that clearly did not happen. Of course, that hardly in the 1862 01:32:08,880 --> 01:32:11,360 old slash Pradika Raval role Pradika, of course, in play a 1863 01:32:11,400 --> 01:32:14,720 part in the tournament at all, But that was one number three. 1864 01:32:14,720 --> 01:32:17,960 I was also a bit, you know, shaky about OK, that's a bit too 1865 01:32:17,960 --> 01:32:20,600 slow for T 20s, you know, but and hardly still, you know, I've 1866 01:32:20,680 --> 01:32:25,680 managed to win them a game to be fair to her, but I I don't know, 1867 01:32:25,680 --> 01:32:27,160 dude, I honestly can't understand. 1868 01:32:27,160 --> 01:32:29,400 Even Shikha Pandey. If you look at her season, some 1869 01:32:29,400 --> 01:32:31,840 of her spells were really good, but then the other spells she 1870 01:32:32,200 --> 01:32:34,040 went for a lot of friends. It was very, very high variance 1871 01:32:34,040 --> 01:32:36,560 from her, which is usually not what you would associate from 1872 01:32:36,560 --> 01:32:38,480 her. I guess you probably think she's 1873 01:32:38,480 --> 01:32:41,520 going to be a more reliable and more consistent bowler, at least 1874 01:32:41,520 --> 01:32:43,040 from what we've seen with the daily capitals. 1875 01:32:43,040 --> 01:32:46,880 Her partnership with Marizan cap up top that again, none of that 1876 01:32:46,920 --> 01:32:48,120 just nothing seemed to work for you. 1877 01:32:48,920 --> 01:32:51,240 The only thing that I should do was defeat Mumbai. 1878 01:32:51,240 --> 01:32:55,040 I guess they defeated Mumbai both times. 1879 01:32:56,360 --> 01:32:59,200 That's true. Another thing, Shane, I mean, 1880 01:32:59,360 --> 01:33:03,360 this is maybe digressing a little bit, but with UP Warriors 1881 01:33:03,360 --> 01:33:06,360 and just rating them even at the start of the season, if you look 1882 01:33:06,360 --> 01:33:10,120 at all of the other franchise teams, I would say they have 1883 01:33:10,760 --> 01:33:14,960 Indian players who are already with some kind of reputation in 1884 01:33:14,960 --> 01:33:17,920 the T20 format. Whereas if you look at the UP 1885 01:33:17,920 --> 01:33:19,680 Warriors, even that's a beautiful miss, right? 1886 01:33:19,680 --> 01:33:22,920 Because Shika Pandey, all right, she's the only one who you can 1887 01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:25,520 somewhat say because of the tracker code that she's had that 1888 01:33:25,520 --> 01:33:28,040 she's also can be a good T20 bowler. 1889 01:33:28,440 --> 01:33:31,280 Whereas if you look at the rest of the lineup, no one really 1890 01:33:31,280 --> 01:33:34,560 like hardly they will get an upgrade you can say to a degree, 1891 01:33:35,200 --> 01:33:37,960 but they don't really have that stand out Indian player. 1892 01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:40,520 Also, I think even can be if we talk about their overseas 1893 01:33:40,520 --> 01:33:41,880 players for that matter, Deandra. 1894 01:33:41,880 --> 01:33:44,200 Dot and I don't think she had that level of impact, so they 1895 01:33:44,200 --> 01:33:45,240 eventually ended up dropping her. 1896 01:33:45,240 --> 01:33:47,600 They tried Chloe try and I think that didn't really work for them 1897 01:33:47,640 --> 01:33:49,560 either. So I don't know. 1898 01:33:49,560 --> 01:33:54,360 I thought they had the tools to be at least, I don't know, maybe 1899 01:33:54,360 --> 01:33:56,800 when I was comparing them face by face, maybe I overrated them 1900 01:33:56,800 --> 01:33:59,520 for some reason. But I, I very clearly remember 1901 01:33:59,520 --> 01:34:02,400 talking to Deepak, we had like 2 big podcasts and we were like 1902 01:34:02,400 --> 01:34:04,760 very bullish on up that no, they're looking like a serious 1903 01:34:04,760 --> 01:34:06,600 team this time. They're going to do something 1904 01:34:06,600 --> 01:34:09,120 and Lanning is there. And maybe with Abhishek Nair it 1905 01:34:09,120 --> 01:34:11,280 will work out. But now Abhishek Nair himself 1906 01:34:11,280 --> 01:34:13,560 admits that, you know, women's wicket is a completely different 1907 01:34:13,560 --> 01:34:16,360 ball game for him as well. And he, I'm sure he would have 1908 01:34:16,360 --> 01:34:18,000 learned a lot during the course of this season. 1909 01:34:18,000 --> 01:34:20,640 But yeah, I think they have been the perennial wooden spoon team 1910 01:34:20,640 --> 01:34:23,360 of the IPL, of the WPL in some ways, isn't it? 1911 01:34:23,480 --> 01:34:25,880 Is it not? Also, yeah, I think. 1912 01:34:27,000 --> 01:34:30,040 Go ahead there. I was just going to say there 1913 01:34:30,040 --> 01:34:32,280 has. To be something wrong in the 1914 01:34:32,280 --> 01:34:35,000 water here because you can't have leg landing as your 1915 01:34:35,000 --> 01:34:39,200 captain, who is very, I think unequivocally a good captain, 1916 01:34:39,200 --> 01:34:41,120 There's not really a way to debate that. 1917 01:34:41,720 --> 01:34:46,520 And everyone is worse, right? There were two great South 1918 01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:47,880 African finishers from the World Cup. 1919 01:34:48,520 --> 01:34:50,560 Raymond Clerk has carried a form on Claire. 1920 01:34:50,560 --> 01:34:52,640 Chloe Ryan has been completely invisible. 1921 01:34:53,840 --> 01:34:57,560 The, the, the old had one game basically, which was telling 1922 01:34:57,560 --> 01:35:00,680 Abhishek Naya to go find himself. 1923 01:35:01,480 --> 01:35:05,840 But there's, there's not, there's no inspiration in this 1924 01:35:05,840 --> 01:35:07,360 team. Everyone just seems to be going. 1925 01:35:07,560 --> 01:35:10,520 So we have one month to get over it and move on, right? 1926 01:35:10,520 --> 01:35:13,720 And you can talk about analytics and you can talk about how do 1927 01:35:13,720 --> 01:35:15,720 you buy a team and how do you spend it? 1928 01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:17,440 How do you choose A-Team and all that stuff. 1929 01:35:17,440 --> 01:35:21,160 But beyond landing in Litchfield, no one really seemed 1930 01:35:21,160 --> 01:35:25,920 to show off this season, right? It's maybe they just all, I 1931 01:35:25,920 --> 01:35:29,360 don't know what it is because we've are covering a sport that 1932 01:35:29,360 --> 01:35:31,400 doesn't, like tell its fans anything about itself. 1933 01:35:31,720 --> 01:35:33,480 So we don't know what's going on in the locker room. 1934 01:35:33,480 --> 01:35:37,240 But it doesn't, it feels broken. It feels like when your body 1935 01:35:37,240 --> 01:35:40,080 tells you that he's got this great job at a startup, but then 1936 01:35:40,240 --> 01:35:42,080 they make you work 25 hours a day. 1937 01:35:42,080 --> 01:35:45,200 So he's broken his spirit. Like, it just feels broken. 1938 01:35:45,200 --> 01:35:53,600 It's a very Bangalore reference. You know what, I kind of agree 1939 01:35:53,600 --> 01:35:57,360 with Cheyenne. Like we also rated them highly. 1940 01:35:57,360 --> 01:35:59,840 I thought they were very exciting upfront because that 1941 01:35:59,840 --> 01:36:04,920 spin line up along with, you know, Kiran Navgiri's domestic 1942 01:36:04,920 --> 01:36:08,080 form, I thought, you know, we'll see some fireworks up, but that 1943 01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:13,160 just did not manifest itself. And their wicket keeper like 1944 01:36:13,160 --> 01:36:16,400 what what was what is going on with their wicket keeping? 1945 01:36:16,840 --> 01:36:20,120 What the hell is that? Then they didn't play who I 1946 01:36:20,120 --> 01:36:23,000 thought who would be the most exciting player this season, 1947 01:36:23,000 --> 01:36:26,400 which was Gunghari Trisha. Like I really wanted them to 1948 01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:30,720 play her, at least try her out if you know, if they got rid of 1949 01:36:31,200 --> 01:36:33,840 Kiran Navkira at some point, I don't know. 1950 01:36:33,960 --> 01:36:40,200 So let's talk about UP in terms of who was the best player for 1951 01:36:40,360 --> 01:36:43,800 UP, who is the UP cheeseburger of the team? 1952 01:36:43,800 --> 01:36:47,040 And if you don't understand that reference, you have to listen to 1953 01:36:47,040 --> 01:36:50,400 our WPL preview UP. Cheeseburger is a choice. 1954 01:36:51,720 --> 01:36:53,360 Lanning has to be Lanning, right? 1955 01:36:53,360 --> 01:36:54,280 She's the only one who showed up. 1956 01:36:54,920 --> 01:36:56,680 I mean, Litchfield, too, but Lanning was there the entire 1957 01:36:56,680 --> 01:36:58,000 season, so I think she gets a nod. 1958 01:36:58,680 --> 01:37:00,280 Yeah, I think for me it has to be. 1959 01:37:00,480 --> 01:37:04,160 Phoebe Litchfield, I mean, the fact that, you know, she missed 1960 01:37:04,160 --> 01:37:06,600 out the rest of the season but still finds herself in the top 1961 01:37:06,600 --> 01:37:09,480 run getters list at that number 11 position. 1962 01:37:09,880 --> 01:37:13,520 I think she just played such an exciting brand of T20 cricket, 1963 01:37:13,520 --> 01:37:17,400 such a refreshing sign and definitely a future like 1964 01:37:17,400 --> 01:37:20,600 superstar for Australia if she already isn't one that I hope 1965 01:37:20,600 --> 01:37:23,560 they continue to retain her, give her that backing here at UV 1966 01:37:23,560 --> 01:37:26,720 Warriors and she can, you know, eventually turn their fortunes 1967 01:37:26,720 --> 01:37:28,160 around. But for me, I think she has to 1968 01:37:28,160 --> 01:37:31,280 be a player to watch out for and a big, big positive. 1969 01:37:31,880 --> 01:37:34,760 Yeah, I get it. What about the rating? 1970 01:37:35,160 --> 01:37:40,520 So out of 10 Meg lining starts what is the What is UP Warriors 1971 01:37:40,520 --> 01:37:46,920 rating -32. 13 is 30. I. 1972 01:37:46,920 --> 01:37:55,280 Don't know anything about this team and this for three years. 1973 01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:59,800 That's true, I think. I'm specifically disappointed in 1974 01:37:59,800 --> 01:38:04,600 that Abhishek Nayar thought that he could just waltz into like a 1975 01:38:04,600 --> 01:38:08,400 women's team and just do what it does for men's teams. 1976 01:38:08,400 --> 01:38:11,400 And I'm like, what? It's it's a completely different 1977 01:38:11,400 --> 01:38:14,760 sport at this point of time. But yeah, I think that the team 1978 01:38:14,760 --> 01:38:17,320 chemistry just wasn't there for some reason. 1979 01:38:17,320 --> 01:38:21,120 Like it that the thing that holds the team together, it was 1980 01:38:21,120 --> 01:38:23,960 missing. And yeah, I think that's all you 1981 01:38:23,960 --> 01:38:28,480 can say about up Warrior season and forced to retire out. 1982 01:38:28,480 --> 01:38:35,960 Also, just strange, some strange tactics. 1983 01:38:36,240 --> 01:38:41,200 All right, so just overall WPL impressions. 1984 01:38:42,280 --> 01:38:45,200 Who is the most improved player from last year's WPL? 1985 01:38:45,880 --> 01:38:47,440 Probably has to be Litchfield, right? 1986 01:38:47,440 --> 01:38:49,640 Because. For some weird reason, she was 1987 01:38:49,640 --> 01:38:53,480 not really dominating the WPL, but now this season she had an 1988 01:38:53,480 --> 01:38:55,880 average of 14. The striker of more than 150 1989 01:38:56,000 --> 01:38:58,440 played just six innings. But like, absolute blockbuster 1990 01:38:58,440 --> 01:39:00,560 stuff from her. I mean, I think she is perhaps 1991 01:39:00,560 --> 01:39:02,640 the most exciting player to watch in the women's game right 1992 01:39:02,640 --> 01:39:04,240 now. If you have to tell a casualty, 1993 01:39:04,240 --> 01:39:06,480 just get into the sport. She is the player you want to 1994 01:39:06,480 --> 01:39:08,560 watch because she can access the whole ground. 1995 01:39:08,920 --> 01:39:12,000 And she's also a very sensible player, but also a very exciting 1996 01:39:12,000 --> 01:39:14,160 player at the same time. And she clearly thinks about a 1997 01:39:14,160 --> 01:39:16,000 game. You can tell that, you know, she 1998 01:39:16,000 --> 01:39:17,560 has those cricketing smarts with her as well. 1999 01:39:17,680 --> 01:39:20,560 It's not because sometimes you see when these players who are 2000 01:39:20,560 --> 01:39:23,240 very talented, they can tend to lose their way a bit. 2001 01:39:23,240 --> 01:39:25,760 Maybe they're not sometimes very smart about their decision 2002 01:39:25,760 --> 01:39:27,720 making. But I think she's bang on with 2003 01:39:27,720 --> 01:39:30,480 when it comes to that and improvement for sure. 2004 01:39:30,480 --> 01:39:33,080 I mean, since that World Cup, she's just been like a next 2005 01:39:33,080 --> 01:39:36,120 level player too, for sure, right? 2006 01:39:36,120 --> 01:39:39,320 And so who? Is the total of the WPL which 2007 01:39:39,320 --> 01:39:41,320 means who carries their team on their back? 2008 01:39:42,080 --> 01:39:43,960 I think it has to be Nats of a brunt, right? 2009 01:39:43,960 --> 01:39:47,400 For Mumbai Indians, the fact that she continues to do it like 2010 01:39:47,400 --> 01:39:51,440 season after season, deservingly so, right was the 1st century of 2011 01:39:51,560 --> 01:39:53,840 the WPN, at least for me. She's like right up there. 2012 01:39:53,840 --> 01:39:56,040 I'm not sure how we didn't, you know, speak about her and how 2013 01:39:56,040 --> 01:39:58,960 single handedly, you know, she's been chipping in with the bat 2014 01:39:58,960 --> 01:40:02,120 and the ball, albeit a little expensive with the ball, but at 2015 01:40:02,120 --> 01:40:05,200 least with the bat, right? I think she's had that sort of a 2016 01:40:05,200 --> 01:40:07,760 season. And I think for me, literally 2017 01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:09,400 carrying the team on her back itself. 2018 01:40:10,200 --> 01:40:11,720 Can you say she carried them when they? 2019 01:40:11,720 --> 01:40:12,800 Didn't really. Go anywhere. 2020 01:40:15,240 --> 01:40:22,520 Good one there. I think she's got almost as many 2021 01:40:22,520 --> 01:40:24,840 runs this year that she has in the first three years. 2022 01:40:25,200 --> 01:40:27,000 So yeah, finally living up to it. 2023 01:40:28,520 --> 01:40:31,640 Nice. Who who is the knight in shining 2024 01:40:31,640 --> 01:40:34,920 armor of the WPL as and who saved their team from certain 2025 01:40:34,920 --> 01:40:37,960 defeat the most? Nadine Leclerc, I guess. 2026 01:40:39,680 --> 01:40:41,120 She kept doing it over and over again. 2027 01:40:41,120 --> 01:40:44,640 That Zulu esque we were talking about a World Cup, right Last 2028 01:40:44,640 --> 01:40:46,880 year. She kept South Africa would keep 2029 01:40:46,880 --> 01:40:51,360 using her at like #8 #9 for some weird reason very reminiscent of 2030 01:40:51,360 --> 01:40:55,560 Z1999 again for RCVI think both with bat and ball. 2031 01:40:55,560 --> 01:40:59,040 She just had such a massive impact that she was possibly the 2032 01:40:59,040 --> 01:41:00,440 biggest game changer in some ways. 2033 01:41:00,520 --> 01:41:03,160 You could argue Sophie Devine as well, but I think we might have 2034 01:41:03,160 --> 01:41:05,920 to give him the team declared some points because, you know, I 2035 01:41:05,960 --> 01:41:08,040 see we actually ended up winning it, which is not a fairway to 2036 01:41:08,040 --> 01:41:11,480 look at it, but who cares? So that's fair. 2037 01:41:12,200 --> 01:41:15,480 OK, And this one is for you Pratib, who left this WPL as a 2038 01:41:15,480 --> 01:41:19,080 bigger name than they entered Anushka Sharma 100%. 2039 01:41:19,680 --> 01:41:21,840 I feel like if you Google searcher now, you won't have 2040 01:41:21,840 --> 01:41:24,720 Virat Kohli's wife showing up. You'll also have some search 2041 01:41:24,720 --> 01:41:26,920 results for Anushka Sharma, the Gujar Jans player. 2042 01:41:27,440 --> 01:41:31,200 So Lauren Bell the ratra says that in the chat, not Lauren 2043 01:41:31,200 --> 01:41:33,200 Bell. The thing with Lauren Bell is 2044 01:41:33,200 --> 01:41:36,520 even through the World Cup, you've seen like, this whole 2045 01:41:36,560 --> 01:41:39,480 package of her of commentators talking about her technical 2046 01:41:39,480 --> 01:41:41,880 change and how she's tweaked her game a lot. 2047 01:41:41,880 --> 01:41:45,280 But Anushka Sharma, for so many people coming in, you've just 2048 01:41:45,280 --> 01:41:48,080 heard of this name. You possibly have an idea that, 2049 01:41:48,080 --> 01:41:50,720 OK, she's done well in the domestics. 2050 01:41:50,720 --> 01:41:53,560 But to replicate that to some extent and with the kind of 2051 01:41:53,560 --> 01:41:57,720 style and this, how she carries herself, is definitely one name 2052 01:41:57,720 --> 01:42:00,760 to watch out for the future. Yeah, that's fair. 2053 01:42:02,960 --> 01:42:06,160 I'm not sure that if you Google Anushka Sharma, you will not 2054 01:42:06,160 --> 01:42:10,560 find the actors, but everything else I think I agree with. 2055 01:42:11,400 --> 01:42:14,520 All right. Any final notes on the WPL 2056 01:42:14,520 --> 01:42:16,280 before we wrap up? Like what did you think of the 2057 01:42:16,280 --> 01:42:19,800 tournament overall compared to previous tournaments and 2058 01:42:20,240 --> 01:42:23,200 internal? I really think like the season. 2059 01:42:23,200 --> 01:42:25,200 Was a. Well contested one, right? 2060 01:42:25,560 --> 01:42:27,480 The quality of cricket was right up there. 2061 01:42:27,920 --> 01:42:30,080 The fact that we were still, you know, thinking of who could 2062 01:42:30,080 --> 01:42:33,440 potentially qualify for that eliminator itself till the very 2063 01:42:33,440 --> 01:42:35,640 last match. I think just, you know, went on 2064 01:42:35,640 --> 01:42:38,640 to show that each of the teams were going, you know, at it. 2065 01:42:39,120 --> 01:42:42,800 And I just felt like it was a much better season in comparison 2066 01:42:42,880 --> 01:42:45,720 to the others. And also, we didn't have like, 2067 01:42:45,720 --> 01:42:48,680 the usual suspects, you know, qualifying for like the 2068 01:42:48,680 --> 01:42:50,840 playoffs. Again, taking back to the point 2069 01:42:50,840 --> 01:42:53,720 that I wish we had like, more matches, more teams. 2070 01:42:53,880 --> 01:42:56,000 The scheduling could have been better. 2071 01:42:56,240 --> 01:42:58,440 And probably, you know, like, they could have probably kept 2072 01:42:58,440 --> 01:43:01,760 the first leg in Vadodara and then the next set of matches in 2073 01:43:01,840 --> 01:43:03,760 Navi Mumbai, you know, sort of capitalize on that. 2074 01:43:04,080 --> 01:43:06,880 A lot of things that could have, you know, sort of gone better. 2075 01:43:06,880 --> 01:43:10,120 But in spite of that, the league continues to Denver and throw up 2076 01:43:10,120 --> 01:43:13,120 so many starts, right? So, yeah, I think a lot of 2077 01:43:13,120 --> 01:43:16,000 positives in that regard. But I hope like there's some 2078 01:43:16,040 --> 01:43:19,160 again, you know, foresight into the planning and the scheduling 2079 01:43:19,160 --> 01:43:21,000 side side of things. And it's not so, you know, 2080 01:43:21,640 --> 01:43:24,240 centered on, oh, men's cricket is playing like you have India 2081 01:43:24,240 --> 01:43:28,680 and New Zealand and all of that and then in a sort of schedule, 2082 01:43:29,320 --> 01:43:32,720 the WPL as an afterthought. So I hope that mindset also, you 2083 01:43:32,720 --> 01:43:35,480 know, sort of goes on to see and better venues too, right? 2084 01:43:35,480 --> 01:43:37,440 Navi Mumbai is definitely one of your picks. 2085 01:43:37,440 --> 01:43:41,080 But could other venues have been explored as something I probably 2086 01:43:41,080 --> 01:43:44,360 leave the room to think about? I mean Devjit Saikia. 2087 01:43:44,360 --> 01:43:48,280 Says that women games don't get crowds. 2088 01:43:48,280 --> 01:43:51,880 So I mean, should I believe you? And I'm chair, critic or the 2089 01:43:51,880 --> 01:43:56,120 secretary of the BCCI? Yeah, Devjit. 2090 01:43:56,120 --> 01:44:00,320 Singh is. An interesting man doing very 2091 01:44:00,320 --> 01:44:02,520 stupidness. I don't know how he's become so 2092 01:44:02,560 --> 01:44:04,680 important to global politics all of a sudden. 2093 01:44:05,360 --> 01:44:07,120 Don't worry, I think he's on his way out. 2094 01:44:07,400 --> 01:44:10,040 And Rak Thakur has just been cleared, right? 2095 01:44:10,120 --> 01:44:13,360 To come back to the BCCI. Are we doing the draft? 2096 01:44:15,120 --> 01:44:16,640 Yeah, dude, do you? Want to do the draft real quick? 2097 01:44:16,840 --> 01:44:19,760 Yeah, let's do it, Neha. OK. 2098 01:44:21,120 --> 01:44:27,520 Pratib, Cheyenne, Richa and MV. OK, that's the order. 2099 01:44:29,160 --> 01:44:31,760 No, it's 12, so it's 12, so. Two each. 2100 01:44:31,760 --> 01:44:37,440 OK, what are we doing? It's it's just a simple snake 2101 01:44:37,440 --> 01:44:40,520 style. Draft where we pick 12 players 2102 01:44:40,520 --> 01:44:46,960 to form the team of the WPL 2026 so may have your first. 2103 01:44:48,240 --> 01:44:50,200 Yeah, I really love that I'm. 1st I'm going. 2104 01:44:50,240 --> 01:44:53,920 To go with Smriti Madra, there at least the top order is sorted 2105 01:44:53,920 --> 01:44:56,680 and the captain of the team, rightfully so winning team, so 2106 01:44:56,680 --> 01:45:01,920 she Taratra is not unhappy with that sorted up. 2107 01:45:01,920 --> 01:45:04,560 Next is Taratra Daratra you her second pick. 2108 01:45:04,840 --> 01:45:07,760 Yeah, as a completely unbiased. Observer, I'm going to take 2109 01:45:07,760 --> 01:45:10,640 Lauren Belle because those two apparently can, would have 2110 01:45:10,640 --> 01:45:15,160 thought. Like if I just cut a reel of you 2111 01:45:15,160 --> 01:45:16,960 saying. Laurel and Belle, I think that'd 2112 01:45:16,960 --> 01:45:19,840 be more than one minute. Please don't do that. 2113 01:45:21,000 --> 01:45:22,360 No, we don't do anything on this. 2114 01:45:22,360 --> 01:45:27,920 Podcast Next up is Pratib. I'll go with. 2115 01:45:28,040 --> 01:45:31,000 Natsu Abrant. Another easy one. 2116 01:45:31,000 --> 01:45:32,120 We. Have sham. 2117 01:45:32,760 --> 01:45:34,840 Hey, I still feel like there's lots of options. 2118 01:45:34,840 --> 01:45:37,360 Available. I'm honestly getting a bit 2119 01:45:37,360 --> 01:45:40,920 confused. So how about Nadine de Clerk? 2120 01:45:41,600 --> 01:45:45,320 Yeah, that's a good one. Yeah, Richard, Sophie Devine. 2121 01:45:45,960 --> 01:45:47,680 Sophie Devine, I think. Yeah, I, I. 2122 01:45:47,680 --> 01:45:50,080 Had expected her to be picked earlier. 2123 01:45:50,640 --> 01:45:56,000 I'm going to go Nandani Sharma and Harman Preet Kaur. 2124 01:45:56,640 --> 01:45:58,200 And back to you Richard. Wow. 2125 01:45:58,880 --> 01:46:02,360 Oh God. So Nadine, the clerk's already 2126 01:46:02,360 --> 01:46:07,120 done see who else? So I'll go, I'll go through the 2127 01:46:07,120 --> 01:46:10,760 name. Again, Neha went for There is my 2128 01:46:11,400 --> 01:46:15,640 OK, so I'll run the order again. Neha went for Smithy, Mandna 2129 01:46:15,920 --> 01:46:22,400 Tartra went for anybody's guesses, Lauren Bell Pratib went 2130 01:46:22,400 --> 01:46:27,880 for Nat Civil Brand. Shan went for Nadine the clerk, 2131 01:46:28,520 --> 01:46:32,560 which went for Sophie Devine. I picked Herman, Britt Kaur and 2132 01:46:32,560 --> 01:46:35,760 Anne Sharma and which has again picked Shabnam Ismail. 2133 01:46:36,320 --> 01:46:39,440 So back to you Shan. Can we pick more than 4 2134 01:46:39,440 --> 01:46:42,600 overseas? It doesn't really matter, man. 2135 01:46:43,800 --> 01:46:45,760 If that is not the rule, then I. Have no issues guys. 2136 01:46:47,080 --> 01:46:49,760 We probably need another opener still I would assume because we 2137 01:46:49,760 --> 01:46:54,080 do have a lot of batters, but we can go with an opener to no 2138 01:46:54,080 --> 01:46:56,720 compliments for the we don't even have a keeper here. 2139 01:46:57,080 --> 01:47:00,000 So, and we can, you know, sort out a keeper as well, I mean. 2140 01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:03,480 Lizelli seems like a good option if you want that keeper plus top 2141 01:47:03,480 --> 01:47:05,400 order back cover. So I think let's just go with 2142 01:47:05,440 --> 01:47:08,200 her. Yeah, Lizelli, fantastic. 2143 01:47:08,200 --> 01:47:13,160 Which brings us. Back to Pratib, so OK, so. 2144 01:47:13,720 --> 01:47:16,080 Probably should go for a spinner. 2145 01:47:16,640 --> 01:47:18,920 We don't have too many spinners. No spinners right now. 2146 01:47:18,920 --> 01:47:21,880 I think probably go with Ashley Gardner. 2147 01:47:23,320 --> 01:47:25,520 Is this the team that she gets to bowl? 2148 01:47:26,640 --> 01:47:29,080 Yeah, she has to bowl. In this team, she's also not the 2149 01:47:29,080 --> 01:47:34,360 captain, so yeah, makes sense. Next up is Dharutra. 2150 01:47:35,160 --> 01:47:36,520 So we've got an off spinner, right? 2151 01:47:36,680 --> 01:47:38,520 So it. Sounds like we need a leg 2152 01:47:38,520 --> 01:47:43,880 spinner. You guys tell me who you think 2153 01:47:43,880 --> 01:47:46,560 the best latest. Winner in the league is has to 2154 01:47:46,560 --> 01:47:49,240 be Premier Rawat. The Indian man. 2155 01:47:53,800 --> 01:47:56,280 Since we're not doing foreign. Players, I think we have to. 2156 01:47:56,280 --> 01:47:57,680 I mean, we're not doing an overseas limit. 2157 01:47:58,240 --> 01:47:59,760 You have to go for a lot of kick, right? 2158 01:48:00,480 --> 01:48:02,040 She's even gone to 50 in a World Cup. 2159 01:48:04,800 --> 01:48:07,040 To me all around this. Yeah. 2160 01:48:09,720 --> 01:48:14,440 It's not enough fun. Can't wait for Neha to. 2161 01:48:15,200 --> 01:48:18,160 End this with another surprise pick. 2162 01:48:18,840 --> 01:48:20,560 I was actually thinking very left field. 2163 01:48:20,560 --> 01:48:22,720 Here And I think you're Rajeshwari Gaikwad. 2164 01:48:22,760 --> 01:48:26,480 I think the way she's reinvented herself in this season, I think 2165 01:48:26,480 --> 01:48:29,840 she definitely makes a case for herself like, yeah, I don't 2166 01:48:29,840 --> 01:48:31,120 know, I just feel like we should go for her. 2167 01:48:31,120 --> 01:48:33,200 Bharatra has just fallen off his chair. 2168 01:48:33,200 --> 01:48:35,800 I. Was just looking at her numbers 2169 01:48:35,800 --> 01:48:37,480 right? This season, like, she's had 2170 01:48:37,880 --> 01:48:39,640 some really economical spells. Balls among us. 2171 01:48:39,640 --> 01:48:41,560 He's fallen off his chair again, like. 2172 01:48:41,800 --> 01:48:45,160 For the record, yeah, I mean. The. 2173 01:48:45,920 --> 01:48:46,880 Big question. Is. 2174 01:48:47,000 --> 01:48:50,440 Does this team beat RCB? I mean, if Smriti's playing 2175 01:48:50,440 --> 01:48:53,800 against. RCB, so and and Nadine, right, 2176 01:48:54,360 --> 01:48:57,760 we're resuming clones. I think going by the. 2177 01:48:57,760 --> 01:49:01,200 Team of the WPL. I think ChatGPT can decide it. 2178 01:49:03,440 --> 01:49:06,480 It's. So much shape from MV all 2179 01:49:06,600 --> 01:49:11,800 throughout. All right, So, you know, with 2180 01:49:11,800 --> 01:49:13,960 that, we wrap up our WPL coverage. 2181 01:49:14,480 --> 01:49:16,400 It was it was a lot of fun this year. 2182 01:49:16,400 --> 01:49:19,280 You know, RCB won it. Again, congratulations to their 2183 01:49:19,280 --> 01:49:24,360 team as a Delhi fan and sad. But, you know, what can we do? 2184 01:49:26,120 --> 01:49:28,120 Yeah. So I just want to thank you all 2185 01:49:28,120 --> 01:49:32,400 for having for coming on to this podcast, you know, Pratib, 2186 01:49:32,400 --> 01:49:34,720 Tarutra, Neha, Cheyenne, thank you all. 2187 01:49:35,440 --> 01:49:38,040 Hopefully we can invite you on for more coverage in the future. 2188 01:49:38,040 --> 01:49:39,920 We have a World Cup coming up later this year. 2189 01:49:40,080 --> 01:49:42,360 So all right. And that's a wrap. 2190 01:49:42,360 --> 01:49:46,040 That's four in a row. Various girls they're going to 2191 01:49:46,040 --> 01:49:48,600 blow next in the prodigal son turn. 2192 01:49:48,640 --> 01:49:54,120 Messiah gets a second hundred in successor in romantic style. 2193 01:49:54,440 --> 01:49:57,200 The whole of Bengals are on their feet.